Former President Donald Trump appeared to consider purchasing a Glock handgun Monday during his stop in South Carolina, spokesperson Steven Cheung tweeted Monday.

The gun appeared to be a special Trump-edition Glock, with his face printed on the gun. Trump and his campaign made a stop at Palmetto State Armory to look at guns after meeting Team Trump volunteers at the campaign’s South Carolina office. (RELATED: Donald Trump Gives First Reaction After Surrendering In Georgia)

A Trump spokesperson clarified to the Daily Caller that Trump said he wanted to buy one of the guns. He did not actually purchase one.

18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1) makes it a federal crime to sell a firearm to a person who is under felony indictment.

And 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) makes it a federal crime for a person under indictment to ship or transport a firearm.

Sept 20 (Reuters) - A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.

U.S. District Judge David Counts, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, reached that conclusion on Monday in dismissing a federal indictment against Jose Gomez Quiroz, who had been charged under the decades-old ban.

Counts cited the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June declaring for the first time that the right to "keep and bear arms" under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects a person's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.

Counts said that while the U.S. Supreme Court decision did not erase societal and public safety concerns about guns, it had "changed the legal landscape."

sig230 wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:44 pm I'm sure he asked his lawyers to make sure they were licensed to use the image.

CDFingers wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:33 pm

Former President Donald Trump appeared to consider purchasing a Glock handgun Monday during his stop in South Carolina, spokesperson Steven Cheung tweeted Monday.

The gun appeared to be a special Trump-edition Glock, with his face printed on the gun. Trump and his campaign made a stop at Palmetto State Armory to look at guns after meeting Team Trump volunteers at the campaign’s South Carolina office. (RELATED: Donald Trump Gives First Reaction After Surrendering In Georgia)

18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1) makes it a federal crime to sell a firearm to a person who is under felony indictment.

Emphasis added, of course.

Does this mean I have to swear off Palmetto State as a vendor for any stuff I might want going forward?

A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday appeared skeptical of federal prosecutors' bid to revive a Texas man's conviction under a federal law barring people under indictment for felonies from buying guns, which a lower court judge declared unconstitutional. The dispute over the decades-old law has divided trial-level federal courts since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year finding that the U.S. Constitution's 2nd Amendment protects the right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. The 6-3 decision also established a new standard that any gun control measures must be in line with the nation's "historical tradition" of gun regulation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Fowler of the Western District of Texas told a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the law was consistent with the "strong tradition" of restricting the rights of people accused of serious crimes while they await trial.

"Although the 2nd Amendment may not be a second-class right, it also doesn't hold some kind of superior status" compared to other rights that are restricted for criminal defendants, he said. Timothy Shepherd, a federal public defender representing the defendant in the case, Jose Gomez Quiroz, countered that there was nothing specific in the historical record to support the law. He said that if there had been a "credible individualized fear" that Quiroz posed a danger, he could have been detained rather than released on bail. Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson pressed both sides about how the court could make a decision when there had been no discovery in the trial court about the historical basis for the law, suggesting instead that it could be remanded.

At least four trial court judges have said the law is unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court's ruling, while at least three had upheld it. "Who's doing the history that's dividing courts?" Higginson asked, later saying that if "judges are just throwing their hands up, they do need to do some work." Both sides resisted the suggestion of a remand. "There is something troubling about remanding to give the government a second opportunity when a man's liberty is at stake," Shepherd said. Quiroz was indicted in a Texas state court for burglary, a felony, and later for bail jumping when he attempted in late 2021 to buy a handgun. That resulted in his federal indictment.

U.S. District Judge David Counts, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, last September dismissed the case in light of the Supreme Court's ruling, which had come on the day of Quiroz's conviction. Counts cited the high court's conclusion that the right to bear arms was not a "second-class right." Wednesday's 5th Circuit panel also included Chief Circuit Judge Priscilla Richman and Circuit Judge Carolyn King. Higginson and King were appointed by Democratic presidents, while Richman was appointed by a Republican.

Mutt wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:23 pm Not gonna lie, it's one of the ugliest guns I have ever seen.

Ylatkit wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:19 pm

Mutt wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:23 pm Not gonna lie, it's one of the ugliest guns I have ever seen.

Yeah, but even if all that snot were cleaned up, it would still be ugly-- it'a a Glock.

NonServiam wrote:I've been thinking this over and I've come to the conclusion this was likely a calculated move on the part of his campaign.

Something tells me they knew about that Glock being in store prior to showing up. It's probably why they picked that store in particular. I'm sure the timing with the ruling regarding felony indictments and gun purchases and this visit was no accident, either. That is, his campaign knew what could've resulted in another felony indictment just 1 week ago is now a legal gray area, thus allowing Trump to pretend he loves guns and pander to gun owners with an IQ which hovers around room temperature on their best day.