Village of Babylon prohibits sale of guns & ammo

[Brawny71]

I love when we all come together and put our minds to work....


Murdock v Penn: I do not believe this one fits in this issue. I am not a scholar, but from what I understand, this Village case is not about fees being paid. I will look at the other ones as well.

Murdock v. Pennsylvania was a 1943 Supreme Court case that ruled a license tax on door-to-door sales was unconstitutional. The case involved Jehovah's Witnesses who were selling religious literature and soliciting donations in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.



What happened

• Robert Murdock and other Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested, convicted, and fined for violating the ordinance
• Murdock sued in federal court, arguing that the ordinance violated his First Amendment rights to free speech, press, and religion
  
  
• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Murdock, finding that the ordinance was unconstitutional

**Why was the ruling made?

• • The court ruled that the ordinance was a tax on religious exercise and a form of censorship
• The court found that the ordinance infringed on the constitutional liberties of press and religion
• The court ruled that a state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the Federal Constitution

You are correct on Murdock.

Now, the other two references.

The Liberty I refer to is the ability and ready access to facilitate self protection and feeling of safety. The discrimination of color I refer to is attacking (again) one demographic which as shown no cause to be attacked. None of the recents cases within NYS have involved law abiding citizens, following the in place (although over reaching and infringing) laws. Yet, especially the businesses directly effected, are having their livelihood directly attacked, and the local folks lose a point of education, help, and safe access.

The Small Circle concept (keeping your resourcing services and shops) provides people with more ready access (don’t have to travel as far, easier to access on the way home from work), with less travel, provides inside your neighborhood return of funds, a more personal and trusted source in many cases, and small group caring and facilitation. This is crushed more and more by big box stores, cheaper imports, and now No Cause legislation.