I imagine if Trump (or any other President for that matter) ignores SCOTUS after a Snope denial, the response from much of the pro-2A side will be, “Good. They wouldn’t defend our rights, why should we give a shit about them being ignored?”
In an environment where some of the left seems to be embracing political violence, committing terrible crimes to influence a Court ruling wouldn’t be all that surprising.
If Duncan were to be denied cert, that would mean the terrible Ninth Circuit ruling would go into effect. Thousands of Californians would have to give up millions of their Freedom Week magazines. Inevitably, many of them would refuse.
Bondi is due to report back to Trump today in response to his Protecting the Second Amendment executive order.
If I’m out with my toddler and a lunatic comes at us with a knife, I shouldn’t have to waste time (while under an adrenaline rush) calculating whether I have a chance to escape before shooting to defend my little girl and myself.
If it’s “racist” to require voter ID, what do you call a CCW process that requires a police interview, training course, fingerprinting, sometimes a psych exam, as much as two years wait time, and costs up to $2,000?
When you hear on the news that a mass shooting has occurred, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Common use of AR-15s for self-defense can be the secondary argument, but the primary argument should be that common bearable arms that are useful in combat are the most protected of all, as all of the historical commentary confirms.
It’s important to be precise in describing these issues. Defining the problem as simply “gun violence is the number one cause of death in children and teens” is at best vague, and at worst propagandistic and intentionally misleading.
If the gun control laws Giffords and Everytown fail, but remain in place, then it becomes clear that the true goal of gun control is unrelated to reducing crime. It’s really all about harassing law-abiding gun owners.
