Sentences with phrase «regulate civilian uses»

In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority «would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons.»

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So we must drag the Second Amendment into this century; a citizen may only possess the kinds of «well - regulated» armaments that might reasonably be used by a peaceable civilian for lawful purposes in modern society.

Civilian drone use is regulated in the UK by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for drones up to a mass of 150 kg, at which point jurisdiction currently shifts to Europe.

Hidden in the subtext is a plea for the civilian sector not to regulate the Department of Defense's use of autonomous weapons.