News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions. Parent comment

Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by usrn on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:02PM (#31934471)
That rule has been there since the beginning even if you don't acknowledge it.

EDIT: It didn't need to be acknowledged because there wasn't a strong push to disarm the population until fairly recently.

EDIT2: It looks to me like they only really go back to just after the civil war, largely to keep African Americans from carrying firearms. The first attempt by the Federal Government to ban them was in the mid 20th century which was exactly what I expected.

EDIT3: James Madison tried and failed to pass the legislation (presumably because it was unpopular), at the state level (not federal level) and it didn't prevent people from owning guns just carrying them in public.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by hotpotamus on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:05PM (#31934532)
But isn't it strange that it was there in the beginning and no one acknowledged it for about two centuries?

EDIT for your edit: Huh? When I was a kid in Texas way back in the 90's, it was illegal to carry a gun period. You could take them out hunting or to the range or whatnot, but carrying a gun was illegal. The first concealed handgun law was 1995 if memory serves. Carry bans go back to the colonial era.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by davidw on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:39PM (#31935065)
James Madison, the author of the 2nd amendment, tried to pass gun control legislation:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/26/conservati...

[ Parent | on HN ]