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ECB wrote:
How does the HOA trump the 2nd Amend? Can't see how it would in view of the recent DC ruling. How will they enforce it? Is there a Tennessee Citizen's Defense League?
1. Yes good question. HOA's usually have good intentions, (ie. prohibiting the guy next door from opening a junkyard and lowering your property value) but this is way too far. I am also curious as to how they can interfere with constitutional rights.
2. That court ruling is not binding outside the District of Columbia. It came from the Appeals Court for that Circuit. Other Circuits may choose to cite it as precedent, but they are not obligated to. Hence, why the current split among circuits exists. The 5th and DC Circuits taking the "individual right" view of the 2A, while the 9th Circuit takes the "collective right" view.
3. Yes. It is called the Tennessee Firearms Association.
Fortunately, I do not live in that neighborhood or city for that matter.
ProguninTN