Cap'n Mike
NES Member
This is a great read that Justice Scalia quoted as part of the Heller decision.
The Peculiar Story of U.S. v. Miller
http://migration.nyulaw.me/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060964.pdf
Its amazing that the biggest Second Amendment case SCOTUS decided before Heller was only argued on the governments side, as the defendants attorney didn't show up, claiming he couldn't afford the trip.
The defendant Miller was also deceased at the time the ruling was announced because he was found dead of a gunshot wound, murdered by his own gang that he had testified against..
The case had a pre-planned outcome of legitimizing the National Firearm Act.
It also contradicts many of todays arguments for an assault weapon ban, as it determined that since a sawed off shotgun had no military purpose, it had no Second Amendment protections.
Only weapons of war have 2A protection.
The Peculiar Story of U.S. v. Miller
http://migration.nyulaw.me/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060964.pdf
Its amazing that the biggest Second Amendment case SCOTUS decided before Heller was only argued on the governments side, as the defendants attorney didn't show up, claiming he couldn't afford the trip.
The defendant Miller was also deceased at the time the ruling was announced because he was found dead of a gunshot wound, murdered by his own gang that he had testified against..
The case had a pre-planned outcome of legitimizing the National Firearm Act.
It also contradicts many of todays arguments for an assault weapon ban, as it determined that since a sawed off shotgun had no military purpose, it had no Second Amendment protections.
Only weapons of war have 2A protection.