“WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.”
“In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.”
“Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the law uses “common sense” and applies only “after a judge determines that an individual poses a credible threat” of physical violence.”
Wait a minute, so now “common sense” is suddenly the denominator in SCOTUS decisions? Common sense doesn’t dictate that bump stocks are a rapid-fire gun accessory that makes it easier to shoot more people quicker as Steven Paddock displayed? So much for the Originalism/Textualism facade
And what do the gun nuts think now that their Court has just ruled that the Second Amendment can be regulated? That gun rights aren’t any more absolute than any other right in the Constitution?
The decision was always a given, this Court was never going to decide otherwise and give Democrats another issue to echo in the upcoming election
“In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.”
“Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the law uses “common sense” and applies only “after a judge determines that an individual poses a credible threat” of physical violence.”
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
apnews.com
Wait a minute, so now “common sense” is suddenly the denominator in SCOTUS decisions? Common sense doesn’t dictate that bump stocks are a rapid-fire gun accessory that makes it easier to shoot more people quicker as Steven Paddock displayed? So much for the Originalism/Textualism facade
And what do the gun nuts think now that their Court has just ruled that the Second Amendment can be regulated? That gun rights aren’t any more absolute than any other right in the Constitution?
The decision was always a given, this Court was never going to decide otherwise and give Democrats another issue to echo in the upcoming election