{"id":66536,"date":"2018-04-10T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66536"},"modified":"2018-04-09T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T03:21:29","slug":"66536","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66536","title":{"rendered":"Rational Basis Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">The Supreme Court declared the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right.\u00a0 But we all know fundamental rights can be infringed (can\u2019t yell fire in a crowded theater).\u00a0 The question is: what\u2019s the test to decide whether a government regulation affecting a fundamental right is valid or void?<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">The Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/town-votes-to-ban-assault-rifles-fine-violators-dollar1000-a-day\/ar-AAvtO8J?ocid=spartandhp\">city ordinance banning \u2018assault<\/a> rifles\u2019 is staking out a \u201crational basis\u201d test.\u00a0 If the regulation is rationally related to a legitimate government purpose, it stands.\u00a0 That\u2019s the test we use for zoning ordinances, or speed limits. \u00a0That\u2019s the least protective of citizens\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">In contrast, the test for freedom of speech is \u201cstrict scrutiny,\u201d which is a much harder test for the government to pass.\u00a0 That\u2019s why a crucifix in urine, nude dancing, flag burning and Citizens United\u2019s right to show a film critical of Hillary Clinton are all protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">These tests are all made-up rules adopted by the Supreme Court, which hasn\u2019t stated the test it will apply to gun rights cases.\u00a0 It\u2019s absolutely critical Second Amendment supporters keep the pressure on politicians and the courts to make certain the right to defend yourself with arms is as vigorously protected as the right to defend yourself with words.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Joe Doakes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The good guys have been on a fifteen year winning streak.\u00a0 Some have gotten complacent.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to change that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: The Supreme Court declared the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right.\u00a0 But we all know fundamental rights can be infringed (can\u2019t yell fire in a crowded theater).\u00a0 The question is: what\u2019s the test to decide whether a government regulation affecting a fundamental right is valid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scotus","category-war-and-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66538,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66536\/revisions\/66538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}