Comments on: Update: Philly council approves shop Plexiglass crackdown https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/12/update-philly-council-approves-shop-plexiglass-crackdown/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/12/update-philly-council-approves-shop-plexiglass-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-347568 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:41:07 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=67843#comment-347568 The question has come up with proposed bans on body armor; I believe the courts have not been welcoming toward efforts to include passive defense in “arms.” Note however Eugene Volokh’s argument that a right of self-defense may be implicit in the U.S. Constitution as an unenumerated right, as it is explicit under many state constitutions. That was mentioned with a link in the December 14 post linked above:

https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/12/philadelphia-may-ban-bulletproof-glass-delis/

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/12/update-philly-council-approves-shop-plexiglass-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-347566 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:19:21 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=67843#comment-347566 Is there a 2nd amendment right to use passive defensive measures such as bulletproof glass and body armor?

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