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Undocumented and Packing

March 22, 2024
They may not be able to get papers but the Constitution allows them to carry firearms.
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U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman dropped gun charges against undocumented migrant Heriberto Carbajal-Flores this month. Carbajal-Flores was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm in Chicago in June 2020....
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So an Illinois judge has ruled that undocumented immigrants have the right
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to own a gun.
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Us District Court Judge Sharon Coleman dropped gun charges against undocumented migrant
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Eriberto Carvajal Flores. Oh,
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that's, that's definitely a mouthful.
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That's a Latino name right there.
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He was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm in Chicago in 2020
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The charges were under a criminal code that makes it illegal
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for undocumented immigrants to have guns.
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The judge pointed out that Carvajal Flores's arrest was nonviolent.
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He had no felony,
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violent crime or weapon convictions because of this.
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She said he shouldn't be deprived of his second amendment rights.
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So obviously right wingers are mind blown right now.
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Carvajal Frode said that he bought the gun in self defense during
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a time of documented civil unrest in 2020 during the George Floyd
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protests. So the ruling follows the Supreme Court's decision in June
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2022 to expand gun rights at the time.
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Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that only gun laws that are consistent with
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this nation's historical tradition,
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comply with the second amendment.
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So the test is very broad nowadays.
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Yeah, this image is really testing me.
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Look at you like you're about to get shot right now.
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Ok. So let's move on to our next story.