Sunday, July 29, 2012
Reductio ad absurdum
On Fux Nooz today, Fat Tony Scalia, consiglierie of the Dread Chief Justice Roberts mob, took the NRA 2nd Amendment argument to what should be an absurd reach.
In the wake of a massacre in Colorado that left 12 dead and 58 wounded, host Chris Wallace asked Scalia if the Constitution would support assault-type AR-15 rifles and 100-round clips.The US Army in the past had a 57mm Recoiless Rifle, a small cannon, in its inventory that could be shoulder fired. I guess Fat Tony would think this would be covered as well.
The justice explained that under his principle of originalism, some limitations on weapons were possible. Fox example, laws to restrict people from carrying a “head axe” would be constitutional because it was a misdemeanor when the Constitution was adopted in the late 1700s.
“What about these technological limitations?” Wallace wondered. “Obviously, we’re not now talking about a handgun or a musket, we’re talking about a weapon that can fire a hundred shots in a minute.”
“We’ll see,” Scalia replied. “Obviously the amendment does not apply to arms that can not be carried. It’s to ‘keep and bear’ so it doesn’t apply to cannons.”
“But I suppose there are handheld rocket launchers that can bring down airplanes that will have to — it’s will have to be decided,” he added.
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