Ron Paul supporter denied 2nd Amendment by federal court!

[Matt Collins]

No right to bear unlicensed machine guns, federal court says

Tennessee State Guard commander Richard Hamblen said it's his Second Amendment right as part of a militia to convert assault rifles into fully automatic weapons. The Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ar-unlicensed-machine-guns-federal-court-says

 

[JacobR248]

Of course, can't have the people be armed. That would undermine the authority of the government.

 

[Matt Collins]

Rich Hamblen is a good friend of mine in Nashville and has even been known to post here every once in a while. Motorhome Diaries interviewed him at a Rand Paul fund raiser:


YouTube - Richard A. Hamblen Challenges the Feds to Uphold Constitutional Rights



You can read everything about the case here:
http://www.esnips.com/web/HamblenvsUnitedStates




and of course it was mentioned locally:
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/12/30/appeals-court-rules-against-machine-gun-man/

 

[Toureg89]

if i were on the scotus panel, i'd gladly convict those judges with treason.

 

[james1906]

No right to bear unlicensed machine guns, federal court says

Tennessee State Guard commander Richard Hamblen said it's his Second Amendment right as part of a militia to convert assault rifles into fully automatic weapons. The Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ar-unlicensed-machine-guns-federal-court-says

I'm sure he's allowed do to that if it means killing people in a desert halfway around the globe for the government.

 

[Richard A Hamblen]

Richard A. Hamblen says:

Point of clarification: I did not "convert" anything. I built machine guns, which, as Solicitor General of the United States Paul Clement admitted in the oral arguments to Heller, are the standard issue armament of the National Guard. The Miller Court in 1939 says the Militia, which consists of "everyone physically capable of bearing arms" has the right to keep arms which are "part of the ordinary military equipment of the type in common use". Every army in the world today carries as its standard armament what is defined by Federal law as a "machine gun".

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Richard A. Hamblen says:

Point of clarification: I did not "convert" anything. I built machine guns, which, as Solicitor General of the United States Paul Clement admitted in the oral arguments to Heller, are the standard issue armament of the National Guard. The Miller Court in 1939 says the Militia, which consists of "everyone physically capable of bearing arms" has the right to keep arms which are "part of the ordinary military equipment of the type in common use". Every army in the world today carries as its standard armament what is defined by Federal law as a "machine gun".

Richard I hope you win, for all of us. I have no faith however, that an arm of the Government will rule against the Government. It has a lousy track record. I wonder how many of our rights will be trampled before we stand up.

 

[Matt Collins]

Another article:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/2...urt+upholds+machine+gun+possession+conviction

 

[Pericles]

I'm not really surprised by that ruling, but am disappointed. The Appeals courts seem to be the most leftist of the system.

The only real hope is that the SCOTUS will apply the standard set in Miller - as this ruling would overturn the Miller decision.

The other item to be noted is that state defense forces are in reality unarmed.

This case is vital because it goes to the guts of a militia and the NFA of 1934. If the NFA is not overturned, the 2A has no meaning.

 

[jmdrake]

If there is any silver lining to this it's that the story is finally getting some coverage. We have to do what we can to make sure it gets more.

 

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Richard A. Hamblen Challenges the Feds to Uphold Constitutional Rights

 

[Sic Semper Tyrannis]

 

[free1]

He needs to bring himself before the court as a member of the sovereign People.

Please, if you know him give him this info.

You can't walk into "their" court as a subject class, 2nd class citizen and expect them to rule like you are one of the free American People. And under law you aren't truly free just by saying "I think I am", you have to act the part and be one of the free People, the sovereign People.

Find out more:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=239938

He should also be questioning how the feds have any authority in the sovereign States to regulate anything. That should be the first thing to bring up.

We created government, right? We are on top, right? So act like it!

 

[Richard A Hamblen]

He should also be questioning how the feds have any authority in the sovereign States to regulate anything. That should be the first thing to bring up.

Actually, this is point 5 of our petition for writ. The Constitution limits the jurisdiction of the federal government over the Militia in I.8.15&16

 

[Inflation]

1835 - Battle of Gonzales

2010 - The Hamblen Revolt

 

[Matt Collins]

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[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Rich Hamblen on the Second Amendment

 

[Matt Collins]

Rich Hamblen and his case were recently discussed on Lew Rockwell's site:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/55862.html


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[Matt Collins]

http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2010/04/hamblen-vs-united-states-case-brief.html

 

[John Taylor]

What's this stuff?