rogersmithiii
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Judges on a federal appeals court in Richmond pushed back this week against efforts to undo gun regulations in Maryland and beyond, expressing incredulity from the bench at the idea that any firearm in common use cannot be legally banned no matter how dangerous.
“Have you ever fired an M16?” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III asked an advocate for gun rights groups, who responded that he had not.
“I have,” said Wilkinson, a 1960s Army veteran appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan. The judge recalled firing an M16 at targets of human silhouettes. “When the bullets stuck the human being, it splintered them into all sorts of different pieces,” he said during marathon oral arguments Wednesday and Thursday in three cases related to state gun laws.
This guy is supposed to be a conservative. He sounds like an idiot.
“Have you ever fired an M16?” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III asked an advocate for gun rights groups, who responded that he had not.
“I have,” said Wilkinson, a 1960s Army veteran appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan. The judge recalled firing an M16 at targets of human silhouettes. “When the bullets stuck the human being, it splintered them into all sorts of different pieces,” he said during marathon oral arguments Wednesday and Thursday in three cases related to state gun laws.
This guy is supposed to be a conservative. He sounds like an idiot.
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