Federal Judge rules OK to treat some gun stores differently

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has dismissed a firearms industry association's lawsuit seeking to block the Obama administration from requiring gun store owners in Southwest border states to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives properly limited its requirement to purchasers of two or more semi-automatic rifles greater than .22 caliber within five days in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas.

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The judge did not comment on how any of this is consistent with the Second Amendment in which, along with the First Amendment, lays down a list of things which the Government "shall make no law" that "infringes" the rights of the people. He did, however, use the non-technical term 'delicate balance' when describing what the Congress has done and what the Constitution has plainly stated.

We also are unable to find the word "delicate" in the US Constitution, much less how this is a requirement of Congress.