For those of us who have been watching Roberts for some time, his dereliction from fidelity to the Constitution comes as no surprise, particularly after his Obamacare betrayal. Speculation about who’s got what on the guy seems more than warranted. Some of us questioned why gun owners were overwhelmingly supportive of him before he was confirmed, noting there was plenty of Republican establishment rah-rah, but no real basis from which to make an informed judgment.
That too is changing. And with Thursday’s 5 – 4 ruling, with John Roberts once more siding with the “liberals” writing the majority opinion on DACA “undocumented immigrants”, expect Democrats to renew their push to transform the “pathway to citizenship” to an open borders superhighway. If they take all in November, get ready for the electoral, legislative, and judicial evisceration of the Second Amendment, especially after another high-profile exploitation of “gun-free zones,” their very existence guaranteeing more coming.
Do you think “legal” semiautos won’t be next on the ban list, and that in-your-face legal abominations like ruling they are the same as machineguns won’t be upheld ? (And to think there are still some ignoramus gun owners out there bloviating the “bump stock” ban was about stupid toys, and who ridicule those warning of new dangers that will arise from the “precedent.”)
So – if “legal” doors are slammed in our faces, what choices will gun owners have, except to surrender or defy confiscation orders ?
Thanks. He’s one of the better writers on gun rights and has been for a while.
It seems to me that if he’s right, then this will increase political tensions and the divide between pro-constitutionalist and anti-constitutionalist states, at least for a little while:
Anyone lucky enough to be living in free/pro-constitutionalist states will continue to enjoy robust RTKBA.
Anyone unlucky enough to be living in an unfree/anti-constitutionalist states will be lucky to be able to own an antique revolver and 7 rounds of ammo (or whatever the minimum the state thinks it can get away with).
This will continue until a Democrat is elected president. Then the federal “assault weapons” ban will be revived and become a Canadian-style or NZ-style ban on everything besides antique revolvers, and all Hell will break loose.
The article at AmmoLand is by David Codrea.
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Thanks. He’s one of the better writers on gun rights and has been for a while.
It seems to me that if he’s right, then this will increase political tensions and the divide between pro-constitutionalist and anti-constitutionalist states, at least for a little while:
Anyone lucky enough to be living in free/pro-constitutionalist states will continue to enjoy robust RTKBA.
Anyone unlucky enough to be living in an unfree/anti-constitutionalist states will be lucky to be able to own an antique revolver and 7 rounds of ammo (or whatever the minimum the state thinks it can get away with).
This will continue until a Democrat is elected president. Then the federal “assault weapons” ban will be revived and become a Canadian-style or NZ-style ban on everything besides antique revolvers, and all Hell will break loose.