Challenge to Maine’s New 72-Hour Waiting Period is ‘A Shame’
Even if you think waiting periods are merely symbolic, make these safeguards a reasonable condition of gun ownership, a right that has caused America such staggering loss and bloodshed.
Even if you think waiting periods are merely symbolic, make these safeguards a reasonable condition of gun ownership, a right that has caused America such staggering loss and bloodshed.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin struck a noticeably different tone than his usually combative anti-Second Amendment style, seeking instead to offer to work with Republicans in the new Congress when majority control flips in January.
“A piece that I really want to underscore is that law enforcement won’t know who has firearms,” Monisha Henley, senior vice president of government affairs for Everytown for Gun Safety, told ABC News.
Chinese citizens have virtually no access to firearms. Yet they seem to have no difficulty carrying out horrific mass killings on a scale equal to those here in the United States.
Under the “takings clause” of the Fifth Amendment, owners of bump stocks may even press claims against ATF to recover lost value, especially if the agency destroyed their devices.
This is how he began a 168-page opinion. He sat down and thought, “I’m going to come up with some brilliant analogies!” and then decided to OPEN the opinion with this.
“When the system is restored, we expect the WSP to work day and night to expedite background checks already on hold. In the meantime, we are consulting with our attorneys to determine the proper course of action.”
“Our army of over 10 million supporters are ready to fight like hell against President Trump and his lawmaker allies if they attempt to undo our progress or push legislation that would make us less safe.”
The Supreme Court, in rejecting the dissent’s arguments, made clear that these regulations did not demonstrate a historical tradition of regulating firearms that would justify all modern legislation.
In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment — the attacks are fast and furious — starting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House.