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SCOTUS Agrees To Take Case on Firearms vs. Property Rights

TFred

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Just found out about this case today from the article, but it appears to me this could be a significant case.

I predict the gun-grabbers will inject all kinds of utterly false propaganda into this one, claiming that we are trying to put guns back into the hands of criminals.

User has opined many times on these boards that gun "ownership" is completely different from gun "possession." It looks like this case will ultimately decide whether or not that is true.

If they rule against the former gun-owner, how can any convicted felon ever own securities or mutual funds that are related to firearms or any weapons in general? Would they be forced to sell their stock in gun manufacturers? What about stocks in companies like Lockheed Martin, or Northrop Grumman, who manufacture weapon systems for the military? If ownership equals possession, why don't you need a background check to buy these securities? Sometimes it really astounds me how ridiculously stupid these gun-haters are.

TFred

Court weighs gun rights of felons

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It centers on Tony Henderson, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who was charged with selling marijuana in 2006, and later convicted of a felony.

Federal law prohibits felons from possessing firearms, and Henderson turned 15 personal weapons over to the FBI while his case was pending.

Two years later, he submitted a bill of sale to the FBI, indicating that he had sold the guns to another man and asked the FBI to transfer them accordingly. The government refused, reasoning that doing so would amount to granting “constructive possession” of the guns to Henderson.​
 

skidmark

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Just wondering - will this go 2A or 5A?

Others who were prohibited from possessing firearms have nominated a FFL to act as their agent in disposing of their firearms, without incurring the wrath of ATF or FBI or local LEA. Wonder why the FBI would not let him do that?

stay safe.
 
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