From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yeah, they do the same thing in the US too, except
>that we have a 14th Amendment that essentially shuts that
>down: equal protection under the law.
> Which is to say that grandfathering is a divide and
>conquer scheme, as it set the current haves apart from the
>want to have.
>
>ET
>--
>But no gun law has ever been struck down on that basis,
>has it?
>
>Steve.
Steve,
No, but only because noone has challenged it
on the 14th Amendment grounds.
The court can only hear what has been challenged.
ET
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I know the AW ban was challenged on 14th Amendment grounds
because it specifies certain makes of guns that are banned,
but that argument was ruled inadmissable.
Steve.
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