Politics: 2nd Amendment ‘irrelevant’

New York Mayor chael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, considered by some to be a viable third-party candidate for president, doesn’t want the trial of an out-of-state gun shop to even mention the existence of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution:

The trial, set to begin May 27, involves a Georgia gun shop, Adventure Outdoors, which the city alleges is responsible for a disproportionate number of the firearms recovered from criminals in New York City. The gun store’s owner, Jay Wallace, says his store abides by Georgia and federal regulations and takes steps to avoid selling firearms to gun traffickers. Mr. Wallace’s store is one of 27 out-of-state gun shops sued by New York City, and the first to go to trial.

City lawyers, in a motion filed Tuesday, asked the judge, Jack Weinstein of U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, to preclude the store’s lawyers from arguing that the suit infringed on any Second Amendment rights belonging to the gun store or its customers. In the motion, the lawyer for the city, Eric Proshansky, is also seeking a ban on “any references” to the amendment.

“Any references by counsel to the Second Amendment or analogous state constitutional provisions are likewise irrelevant,” the brief states.

Feh. Suing law abiding gun shops because some lowlife criminals use guns to committ crimes makes about as much sense as this.