Supreme Court may soon loosen gun laws as nation reels

[pnwmom]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/supreme-court-second-amendment-guns-new-york-bruen-uvalde/index.html

(CNN)While the Supreme Court has been working behind closed doors on its first major Second Amendment opinion in more than a decade, three mass shootings have broken the country, including Tuesday's massacre of 19 schoolchildren in Texas.

Closed off from public view, the justices are penning opinions and dissents in a dispute that targets one concealed carry law in New York that is more than a century old. A narrow ruling could impact only a handful of states with similar laws, but a more expansive ruling could open a new chapter in constitutional challenges to gun safety laws across the country.

"As a formal matter, the Supreme Court's ruling on New York's gun law doesn't call into question gun laws restricting types of weapons or sensitive places where individuals can carry guns," said Jacob Charles, executive director of the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law.

"But a broader ruling that changes the way courts evaluate gun laws could call into question a wider array of gun regulations like assault weapons bans and other restrictions like high-capacity magazine bans," Charles added.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Of course it will. The wingnuts on the court have made it clear that the...

concept of "the best for the most" is dead.

The US is not a "religious country" and has no official religion whatsoever, but the Court keeps on pushing religion on us.

The US has approximately the same amount of mental illness as any other developed country, but we keep believing the lie that that's the only reason we have gun violence. The vast amount of guns around has nothing to do with it.

A woman's baby making equipment is a marvel of evolution and worthy of respect, but we insist on putting irrelevant obstacles in the way of sensible population planning.

And so it goes...

[ificandream]

2. And if they don't, the RW loonies will try to make it happen somehow, someway.

Which is why the Trump Wave must be stopped. We must replace the very very bad with the very very good. And EVERYONE must VOTE!

[Initech]

3. So no matter how bad shootings get, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" is the law, great.

Fuck you, 2A absolutionists.

[Pyryck]

4. Ink on a piece of paper, no matter how old the paper

or how logical and legal the minds behind the ink on the paper ... will ever stop the bullets from flying. That cat has been out of the bag for centuries.