Supreme Court to consider 2nd Amendment "right to carry" a gun. Finally, long overdue? Or an anachronism whose utility has lapsed?

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Gun violence is a prominent feature of contemporary news.
There are a variety of arguments for or against.

But he National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre said: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," NRA Wayne LaPierre

"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own a car." Curm

- Is it good our highest court addresses this issue so soon after the Heller decision?
- How will this Republican-packed court rule?

Ref:

Supreme Court to hear biggest gun rights case in more than a decade​

NBC News2 hours ago

Supreme Court takes up major gun rights case over state 'concealed carry' regulations​

Fox News15 hours ago

Supreme Court Gun Rights Case Over NY Concealed Carry Turns on Trump's Nominees​

Bloomberg22 hours ago

In major Second Amendment case, court will review limits on carrying a concealed gun in public​

SCOTUSblogOct 27

Trump's Supreme Court Trio Holds Key in NY Concealed-Guns Case​

Bloomberg Law21 hours ago

Ohio House Committee Passes Bill Allowing Concealed Gun Carry Without Training​

columbusunderground21 hours ago

The Docket: Do You Have The Right To Carry A Gun Outside Of Your Home? : The NPR Politics Podcast​

NPR6 days ago

Did violent crime in W.Va. fall after permitless carry was enacted?​

PolitiFact16 hours ago

Supreme Court to hear arguments in major gun rights case​

KWCH4 hours ago

In our constitutional republic, freedom demands sticking to your guns​

SCOTUSblog17 hours ago

Supreme Court could loosen concealed-carry gun rules with this New York case​

MarketWatchOct 6

 

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t #1,

Some stats indicate there are more guns in the U.S. than citizens. BUT !!
That doesn't mean each household has a gun.

Passions are intense on both sides of this debate, each with rational justification.

- Introduction:
From the following article:
"Federal law prohibits the possession of machine guns produced after 1986 and requires the registration and special taxation of civilian-owned machine guns produced before that year. Under federal law, possessing a machine gun conversion device is the same as possessing a machine gun — whether or not the device is attached to a gun. Violating the machine gun ban is punishable by up to 10 years in prison."

From the United States Constitution:
B.O.R. ARTICLE #2: Ratified December 15, 1791
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

So much for federal statute conforming to Constitutionally enumerated rights.

Judge Issues Shock Machine Gun Ruling​

Roque Planas / Tue, August 27, 2024 at 1:31 PM EDT
A federal judge recognized a 22-year-old Kansan’s Second Amendment right to own machine guns last week.
U.S. District Judge John Broomes’ ruling is the latest in a series of contradictory interpretations of gun rights stemming from the Supreme Court’s sweeping reinterpretation of the Second Amendment in the 2022 case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.
That decision, penned by Justice Clarence Thomas, said laws restricting gun rights are only constitutional if they stem from a tradition of regulation dating from some time between the signing of the Bill of Rights in 1791 and the end of the Civil War.

Judge Issues Shock Machine Gun Ruling

The decision would vastly shift the dominant interpretation of the Second Amendment.

news.yahoo.com

The Gatling gun was patented in 1862.
"Machine guns" have become more sophisticated since then. Not sure what Justice Thomas has in mind. Nothing, perhaps?

 

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Not sure what Justice Thomas has in mind. Nothing, perhaps?

He seems to be determined to eliminate every right that's not explicitly listed in the Constitution. This is just him being consistent.

 

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Justice Thomas is 11% of SCOTUS.
He seems to be quite persuasive to leverage that to 56%.
That might seem a challenge if Thomas' position were legitimate. But since it often isn't, all the more impressive for Justice Thomas.

"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts ... the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke