Alexcabbie
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There are already two threads on this forum about felons and 2A rights, so I am not going to defend this schlump here.
Anyway: The Arlington VA cops arrested a man with a 21-year-old felony record after the idiot posted a video on You Tube showing him standing over a bound woman brandishing a pistol. Fearing for the safety of the woman, they tracked him down, searched his house and found a Colt pistol and ammo.
But instead of charging him under Virginia's EXILE (mandatory 5 years for an illegal firearm) they turned him over to the Feds.
Now whatever anybody thinks about restoring 2A rights to felons, this guy probably wouldnt meet the standards of those who do, as he doesn't seem to have exhibited "good behaviour". What disturbs me is the BATFE's stated reason for assuming jurisdiction. Yep, since the pistol had at one time "Moved in Interstate Commerce", that gave the Feds jurisdiction over anything done with it.
Holy cow. The guy was doing a lot of wrong things; but what he WAS NOT DOING was engaging in "Interstate Commerce". By this reasoning if I play my guitar too loudly the Feds could enact a Federal noise ordinance and haul me in because my guitar was not made in Virginia!!
The way these people treat the Interstate Commerce Clause, I figure the National Archives should display the constitution with a superimopsed cartoon of a huge hole opening up at the Clause and Porky Pig coming out wavint and stammering, I-i-i-i-i-interstate Commerce, Folks!! YEESH.
There are already two threads on this forum about felons and 2A rights, so I am not going to defend this schlump here.
Anyway: The Arlington VA cops arrested a man with a 21-year-old felony record after the idiot posted a video on You Tube showing him standing over a bound woman brandishing a pistol. Fearing for the safety of the woman, they tracked him down, searched his house and found a Colt pistol and ammo.
But instead of charging him under Virginia's EXILE (mandatory 5 years for an illegal firearm) they turned him over to the Feds.
Now whatever anybody thinks about restoring 2A rights to felons, this guy probably wouldnt meet the standards of those who do, as he doesn't seem to have exhibited "good behaviour". What disturbs me is the BATFE's stated reason for assuming jurisdiction. Yep, since the pistol had at one time "Moved in Interstate Commerce", that gave the Feds jurisdiction over anything done with it.
Holy cow. The guy was doing a lot of wrong things; but what he WAS NOT DOING was engaging in "Interstate Commerce". By this reasoning if I play my guitar too loudly the Feds could enact a Federal noise ordinance and haul me in because my guitar was not made in Virginia!!
The way these people treat the Interstate Commerce Clause, I figure the National Archives should display the constitution with a superimopsed cartoon of a huge hole opening up at the Clause and Porky Pig coming out wavint and stammering, I-i-i-i-i-interstate Commerce, Folks!! YEESH.