Virginia is an Open carry state. Anyone have the addresses of Justices Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor? Perhaps some peaceful protests in front of their houses are in order just so they know where the people stand on the issue. I hear it's all the rage, and Law Enforcement won't bother you.
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
The 2A doesn't say anything about permits or licenses. A right for which each person needs a permission slip is not a right, it's a privilege. What's needed is for the SCOTUS to eviscerate "may issue" permit states such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, California, and Hawaii. That would be a good start.Then there needs to be a good test case for eliminating permits/licenses entirely.
They added a new day for Opinions, on Wednesday the 8th
Yep, they will drop the NYS and Roe vs Wade the same day, the 8th, and then all head to Bali for a vacation. :)bob
Unfortunately, that's a good point. We probably shouldn't give them any ideas.
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down its opinion in a landmark Second Amendment rights case, the biggest win for gun rights since the court's Heller ruling holding that "New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense."
The ruling came down 6-3, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing the majority opinion joined by Justices Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett — plus concurring opinions by Justice Alito and Justice Kavanaugh. Justices Breyer wrote the dissent joined by Sotomayor, and Kagan.
6-3The usual suspects dissented
I was a little surprised (pleasantly) to see Roberts on the right side of the ruling.So how long before the may-issue laws in CA, HI, NJ etc. are struck down?
Keep in mind, however, that this doesn’t mean that anti-gun jurisdictions like New York, California, Hawaii and others will now be handing out concealed carry permits like candy. Expect them to put up barriers such as high fees and extensive training requirements (which, if they’re too burdensome, will then be challenged in the courts). Today’s ruling simply means that that these governments can no longer make arbitrary decisions regarding whose civil rights can be exercised and whose can’t.
OMG! The horror of expecting the 2nd to be first class right just like the 1st.And this coming from the side that routinely takes a dump on the 1stCNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin is not happy with SCOTUS' Second Amendment ruling.https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1539982844516356097
ABC's Terry Moran implies there will be a fear that the SCOTUS decision on guns means people will show up with guns at Drag Queen Story Hours to intimidate them from going on. — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 23, 2022
