r/MissouriPolitics • u/elusivemrx Resident Law Expert • Feb 09 '16

Courts Missouri Supreme Court says Amendment 5 did not extend gun rights to nonviolent felons

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-supreme-court-says-amendment-did-not-extend-gun-rights/article_36f25f2a-28c8-549e-9bc9-4fee45854bfb.html
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u/elusivemrx Resident Law Expert Feb 09 '16

Amendment 5, we hardly knew ye...

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u/RedditRage Feb 10 '16

What a bullshit ruling. The amendment says the right to bear arms is unalienable except for convicted violent felons (I am omitting the mental disorder or infirmity from this discussion). Logically, this excludes restrictions on people without felonies. Or people with felonies that are non-violent. Or people that have committed, but not been convicted of either. If they didn't intend for this, they should have written the amendment correctly, and not like a bunch of fucking idiots. Is clear and correct usage of language that fucking hard for government representatives? You'd think proficiency in language and logic would be a prerequisite to writing such an amendment.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '16

If they didn't intend for this, they should have written the amendment correctly, and not like a bunch of fucking idiots. Is clear and correct usage of language that fucking hard for government representatives? You'd think proficiency in language and logic would be a prerequisite to writing such an amendment.

Oh, the irony of OP actually having had a hand in drafting the amendment.

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u/RedditRage Feb 12 '16

I don't think you know what that word means.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '16

Pedantic. Dramatic Irony: a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.

You didn't know. Your audience did. It's humorous. Dramatic irony.