The U.S. Supreme Court, expected to rule narrowly on whether the 2nd Amendment precludes states and municipalities from enacting gun control laws, instead — by the usual 5-4 majority — swept away more than a century of precedent and established unfettered rights not just for gun owners, but for guns themselves.
Journalists, analysts, and advocacy groups that saw the emergence of the term “gun rights” as an evolution of language referring to individuals’ 2nd-amendment privileges, were stunned when the Court ruled in Billy Joe Bob Wayne Hawthorne’s Gun v. Missouri that guns, like corporations, have all the constitutional rights of individuals, including the right to vote, pay outrageous sums for prescription drugs, and anonymously contribute large sums of money to political campaigns.
Chief Justice Roberts, speaking for the majority, said, “It’s up to this court to try to undo the damage done by decades of activist liberal Supreme Courts, and let the constitution provide the protections its framers intended. We’re especially grateful for the expert testimony of the NRA; the path to this decision was clear once we reached an understanding that guns don’t kill people, people with guns don’t kill people, and in fact, nobody’s ever killed anyone; nobody’s even ever died. Ever. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go hug a Smith & Wesson shareholder.”
nor public majorities but the quick viewing I’ve done shows the public doesn’t want more or stricter gun controls. Some older data
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p>I wonder what the public will think of this “overdue” incorporation of the 2nd Amendment? Does it matter what the public thinks? The Courts? The Legislature?
…though I’ve heard that there is still room for laws narrowly tailored to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people. I personally think SCOTUS got this one wrong by completely ignoring the “well-regulated militia” invitation in the amendment. It may be time to consider repealing the amendment itself.
I’m getting tired of these British soldiers sleeping in my basement!
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p>Although, based on the public’s support across the nation for gun ownership, do you really think there is a prayer of the the Second Amendment being repealed. I’m not a gun person (don’t own one and don’t like them) but MA is not a typical state when it comes to gun ownership.
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p>There will be tons of state challenges to existing gun laws for sure.
…is that we can fully debate the merits of allowing guns to be regulated without one side hiding behind the Constitution. I’ve always thought it completely reasonable (and constitutional) to register the weapons, license the operators, and regulate how they are made. We already do all of this for cars and nobody claims it’s a slippery slope toward confiscating cars or depriving people of the ability to drive. I’d even be happy to debate an amendment that narrows the scope of the 2nd amendment rather than repeal outright.