{"id":36357,"date":"2015-04-28T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=36357"},"modified":"2015-04-28T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:39:51","slug":"federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and \u201chigh capacity magazines\u201d in Highland Park, Illinois, ruling that the prohibition on these widely popular and commonly owned firearms and accessories is constitutional. <\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the plaintiff in the case, a gun owner named Arie Friedman who is backed by several gun rights organizations, including the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association, argued that the AR-15 is in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit\" title=\"Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">common use <\/a>(as it is the best selling rifle in America), which would suggest that it is protected under the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>However, two of the three judges on the panel dismissed the \u201ccommon use\u201d argument, stating that AR-15 as well as other semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines may be subject to a ban.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring Prohibition, the Thompson submachine gun (the \u2018Tommy gun\u2019) was all too common in Chicago, but that popularity didn\u2019t give it a constitutional immunity from the federal prohibition enacted in 1934,\u201d wrote Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook for the majority opinion that included Judge Ann Claire Williams. <\/p>\n<p>Friedman\u2019s lawyers also argued that the AR-15 is rarely used in crimes, which the the two judges acknowledged but felt that it had other salubrious benefits for public safety. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it has no other effect, Highland Park\u2019s ordinance may increase the public\u2019s sense of safety,\u201d wrote Easterbrook. \u201cMass shootings are rare, but they are highly salient, and people tend to overestimate the likelihood of salient events. If a ban on semi\u2010automatic guns and large\u2010capacity magazines reduces the perceived risk from a mass shooting, and makes the public feel safer as a result, that\u2019s a substantial benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his dissenting opinion, Judge Daniel Anthony Manion argued that the ban infringes on one\u2019s individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be sure, assault rifles and large capacity magazines are dangerous.  But their ability to project large amounts of force accurately is exactly why they are an attractive means of self-defense,\u201d wrote Manion.  While most persons do not require extraordinary means to defend their homes, the fact remains that some do. Ultimately, it is up to the lawful gun owner and not the government to decide these matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this particular battle is lost the war is far from over.  The NRA and the ISRA will now decide on whether to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.  Unfortunately, along with whether one\u2019s right to self-defense extends beyond the home (the constitutionality of \u2018may-issue\u2019 concealed carry laws that require one to provide a \u201cgood and substantial reason to carry\u201d) whether AR-15s and other black rifles are protected under the Second Amendment is something the high court has yet to rule on despite many cases being submitted for review in recent years.  Until the justices of the Supreme Court rule on these important matters, we can expect more contradictory rulings from federal courts.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">   <a title=\"View Friedman v Highland Park Illinois 7th Circuit Decision on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/263346353\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit\" title=\"Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friedman v Highland Park Illinois 7th Circuit Decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[H\/T:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/2015\/04\/28\/federal-court-upholds-magazine-assault-weapon-ban-citing-feel-good-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit\" title=\"Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Chris Eger, Guns.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf it has no other effect, Highland Park\u2019s ordinance may increase the public\u2019s sense of safety,\u201d wrote Easterbrook. \u201cMass shootings are rare, but they are highly salient, and people tend to overestimate the likelihood of salient events. If a ban on semi\u2010automatic guns and large\u2010capacity magazines reduces the perceived risk from a mass shooting, and makes the public feel safer as a result, that\u2019s a substantial benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":36358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citing its ability to &quot;make the public feel safer&quot; the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld a ban on assault weapons and 10-plus round magazines.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/federal-court-upholds-assault-weapons-ban-makes-the-public-feel-saferthats-a-substantial-benefit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban: \u2018Makes the Public Feel Safer\u2026that\u2019s a Substantial Benefit\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIf it has no other effect, Highland Park\u2019s ordinance may increase the public\u2019s sense of safety,\u201d wrote Easterbrook. \u201cMass shootings are rare, but they are highly salient, and people tend to overestimate the likelihood of salient events. 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