I don't have to, it's common fucking sense. It would prove definitively that the majority of justices on the court are beholden to gun lobbyists. At that point I think some states would start openly defying some of their rulings, and rightfully so. The court is sworn to be nonpartisan, let alone not corporately owned.
Infringement is legitimacy, don't you know? We should all just be defenseless and vaxed up bug eating wards of the state.
I know, that's why I was speaking in future tense, and hypothetically. Unfortunately the possibility of this activist conservative court issuing such a ruling is far from non-zero.
Law enforcement and the criminal "justice" system in this country is a whole other can of worms, suffice it to that 40%+ of police are among those who should lose access to firearms, but they're cops so they don't. Our system might already be fucked, but that's all the more reason we don't need the highest court in the land helping push it in that direction faster.
Sir, I know a lot of gun owners and I don't think I can name one of them that subscribes to the NRA. Talk to gun owners and the vast majority of them are probably in favor of this ruling because it's just basic common sense that these stupid laws clearly go against the constitution.
I'm... not sure how that pertains to this. The job of the Supreme court is to make sure that laws that are passed do not infringe on the rights laid out by the constitution. The job of the Supreme Court is not to legislate on issues and serve as a untouchable group of bureaucrats that change opinions on issues based on the current political climate. tldr, the legislator passes laws and SCOTUS blocks laws that violate our rights. If you want to put these restrictions on guns, then either A. Make the constitution of the state supercede the constitution of the United States so every state can make their own laws on any number of issues or B. get the 2/3rd vote needed to pass an amendment to repeal the 2nd amendment. But alas, the first would never happen because the left wishes to let states legislate on things like guns, but not be able to legislate on things they dont like like abortion. And the second one won't happen because they would never in a million years get the votes for that.
I didn't mention the NRA, because you're correct in that their brand has become toxic, and even most lobbyists have distanced themselves from the organization as a result.
SCOTUS also recently ruled that it should be left up to states to decide whether or not cops are required to read suspects their Miranda rights. So yeah, that shred is getting tinier by the day.Well, here is one instance where you and I can agree. Not so much on your reply to me above (though I do agree with some of it), but on your first post in the thread. If the US Supreme Court ever issues an opinion that holds, exact wording, that, "every wife-beater with a long history of violence must have access to guns," then yes that will be the day they toss the last shred of their perceived legitimacy into the trashcan.
The constitution literally allows for enslavement of those convicted of a crime. I'd say taking away domestic abusers' guns is letting them off pretty light by comparison.
The SCOTUS's authority is found in the Constitution, so if you don't recognize it, then you also do not recognize the Constitution itself. There is so much you don't understand, but I'm not in the mood to wade through your word salad of leftist buzzwords to explain basic civics to you. Cry and seethe more.
