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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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3. Some years back, state-run housing for the poor attempted to prevent 2A exercise...

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:26 PM

Feb 2016

The court rule (MD?) that such prohibitions on posession of a gun in public-owned housing was unconstitutional. This instance sounds like Section 8 housing: privately-owned housing landlord agreeing to the terms of federal or state regulation in order to qualify for renting to the poor. It appears to be unconstitutional infringement of 2A rights.

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Lawmakers Debate Ban on Firearms in Maine Subsidized Housing [View all] friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 OP

It's awful when people are helpless discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #1

And worse when they do it as a condition of poverty CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 #2

Some years back, state-run housing for the poor attempted to prevent 2A exercise... Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #3

Ummm, disparate impact? benEzra Feb 2016 #4