Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart get sued by 20-year-old" video.

  1. In 1945, Miller v. USA the Supreme Court ruled that the 2nd amendment did NOT apply to weapons which were NOT "particularly suited for military service" in ruling that a person did not have a right to a "sawed off shotgun". The Supreme Court has TWICE ruled that the 2nd amendment protects, specifically, weapons of the type used by the military. The 2nd amendment is NOT about hunting or target shooting.
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  2. Actually, Dillon, they could simply stop selling guns. Then what? Does it restrict your right that you cannot buy a gun at the pharmacy? Should bakeries be forced to sell guns? Except in states with specific laws restricting age discrimination beginning at age 18, there is no recourse, legally. Private business cannot be forced to sell guns at any particular age. Federal law requires a minimum age of 18 to buy long guns. It does not say the age can't be raised by states or private sellers. I am a lifelong gun owner and member of the NRA for 45 years. I do not agree with the government raising the age to 21 for rifles and shotguns. I do not agree with the age of 21 for handguns, for that matter. But private stores can do what they wish and we can shop where we wish. It does NOT restrict their rights because they can simply go to another store to buy guns. In fact, in civil law, you must prove "injury". What is the injury? How were their RIGHTS restricted? If you watched the video you would hear that Napolitano refers to the 2008 Heller ruling, I just mentioned there are TWO similar rulings. If you do not agree with the store's policies...shop elsewhere. Walmart and Dick's have no ability to restrict your right to buy guns...just go somewhere else.
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  3. Most police and military shotguns are NOT "short barreled shotguns" under NFA rules. However, the point was that the 2nd amendment definitely DOES apply to "military type weapons". You missed that. So I repeated it for you.
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  4. No, Joe. YOU don't get it. In order for it to be age discrimination, there needs to be a law banning age discrimination for 18 year olds. You cannot just imagine that something is "age discrimination" and win in court. There has to be a STATUTE and there are very few places that have such a law. Most age discrimination statutes start at age 40 or 45. And if you think that "guns are not what matter here", then pay attention to what the courts rule. In the meantime, for those of us for which the gun IS the matter here...we will spend our money elsewhere.
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