Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
In short: the USSC recognized that New York’s law prohibiting citizens from being able to defend themselves when they are not huddling in their home fortifications is unConstitutional. Unsurprisingly, it was a 6-3 decision, with Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan caming down on the side of authoritarians and civilian enfeeblement.
And speaking of feeble:
President Joe Biden said in a statement he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court ruling, which he said “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.”
Justice Thomas was a voice of reason:
…wrote for the majority that the Constitution protects “an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.” That right is not a “second-class right,” Thomas wrote. “We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need.”
The garbage human-simulators currently plaguing society are predictably upset that civil rights supersede authoritarianism:
It has become necessary to dissolve the Supreme Court of the United States.
The first step is for a state the "court" has now forced guns upon, to ignore this ruling.
Great. You're a court? Why and how do think you can enforce your rulings?#IgnoreTheCourt
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 23, 2022
As the extremist Roberts Court strikes down gun-safety measures—it's urgent for us to act at every level of government
Today, we'll finally take steps to loosen the gun lobby’s grip and pass a law that'll save lives
And we'll keep working—More must be done to fight gun violence pic.twitter.com/wO3JGnP5bk
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 23, 2022
Today’s #SCOTUS ruling is disappointing & disturbing. I’m now even more motivated to quickly pass my bill, #AB1594, so that private citizens & govts can sue the gun industry for the harm their products cause when CA’s strict gun laws are not followed. https://t.co/PXFyxWoZ7t
— Phil Ting (@PhilTing) June 23, 2022
In the wake of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, the Supreme Court has struck down a nearly 100 year old New York gun safety law. This is a direct result of Trump’s appointment of politically driven, conservative justices.
Read more:https://t.co/dTNTRCImfA— California Democratic Party (@CA_Dem) June 23, 2022
I imagine Libs of TikTok will have a bunch of entertaining meltdowns from the NPC crowd.