Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Apartment tenants told they must get rid of their guns or move. [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)I'll concede that it does appear to apply directly to private entities on a broad reading. For reference it says:
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
When I researched case law it does back up your comment. It looks like the 13th Amendment has been used against private employers who instituted de facto slavery. This has typically ended up being minorities who were the brunt of the actions.
In the posts to which I responded I did not see anywhere that the complex is owned by the housing authority - my bad. That certainly puts a different light on things. If that's the case then the landlord's rules must be subject to review by some board. If that board is wise they will invalidate the rule and save everyone a lot of time and money by avoiding the obvious legal challenges to the rule. Though, I am not at all versed on how the courts have treated publicly-owned properties and tenants in the past. I'll have to research that but I won't be surprised if they've allowed some sort of "public safety" type of exception in those cases.