Friday’s appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state’s ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.

The third US circuit court of appeals said on Friday in its opinion that the state’s ban on all semiautomatic rifles it deems to be ā€œassault firearmsā€ and its restriction on ā€œlarge capacity ammunition magazinesā€ were unconstitutional.

New Jersey’s attorney general, Jennifer Davenport, a Democrat whose office defended the law, told the Associated Press that the decision is ā€œas unfortunate as it is legally incorrectā€.

ā€œGotta maximize the body count of school childrenā€

-These judges, probably

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    The government has tried to eliminate poverty since the 60s there hasn’t been meaningful gains in my lifetime despite increasing efforts.

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      Which world government has actually attempted to end poverty but then failed spontaneously without undermining the goal?

      In the US all success stories that actually address poverty are super small in scale, or cut as soon as some private well-connected business can redirect public funds to their private accounts. For example the constant ā€œwelfare reformsā€ that have been passed over the years and of course the limiting of social security and various food assistance. Healthcare in the form of medicare is constantly redirected for administration costs of private care providers that have record profits since covid.

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      I’m sorry, did you just say that the US government has been putting real effort into eliminating poverty?

      What an incredibly stupid thing to say. Absolutely mind-boggling, though you probably didn’t notice as there’s clearly not much of a mind to boggle in that nigh empty cavity betwixt your ears.

    • Auli@lemmy.ca
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      11 days ago

      Sure they’ve tried touching more and more people into poverty.