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SCOTUS allows state assault weapons bans to stand
- Thread starter Dr. Benton Quest
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SwiftDeath
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While certainly the best ruling one could hope for in that specific case, the US really does need more laws on the federal level regarding Gun Control.
State level laws are not enough.
State level laws are not enough.
GoldenEye 007
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Did they not review it or did they vote and end up in a tie?
Dr. Benton Quest
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At least it shows that the court is willing to side against the gun lobby. It's just been loss after loss for decades now.
Lately they've just been letting lower court rulings stand because the court is short a member.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Oh. On a state level.
Better than nothing I guess...
Better than nothing I guess...
Lightning Count
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The NRA are already dropping offf bags of cash to their Republican lackeys to ensure the status quo remains.
yep because if the state over has lax laws then it doesnt matter what laws happen in your state. .
Dr. Benton Quest
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Yeah it's a tough situation. Just that the court didn't completely side with the gun lobby is the real news here. It's sad that I'm excited about this centimeter of progress.
Vincent Alexander
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At least this is something. I'll take it.
Hence Chicago.
they did not hear it
IpsoFacto
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And Democrats will make sure that gun-free zones continue to be slaughtering grounds.
JetBlackPanda
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Poltergust
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Poe's law in effect here.
Dr. Benton Quest
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There was a good guy with a gun at Orlando.
JesseEwiak
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Makes rational sense - the left-leaning members know they don't have enough votes to change things overall and the right-leaning members know it'd just end in a tie and give gun control activists cover in that region of the country.
yup. Its fucking insane to me how states have zero liability for private sellers to just "use their discretion" when selling guns to people.
its so easy to where you can go a state over, have a private seller that may gun run and saw off serial numbers etc. bam illegal gun.
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The Autumn Wind
So when are Republicans going to make state legislatures and their own conventions not gun-free zones?
Cesare Borgia
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It's going to be very interesting to see republican opposition to Clinton's SC nom. If democrats retake the senate I would not be stunned if her nominee faces an unrelenting filibuster, perhaps resulting in democrats killing it. This is going to be a pick that shifts the court ideologically and likely will begin the assault on second amendment rights (or perceived rights, depending on our perspective). It will also shift the court on other issues as well obviously.
It's going to be a titanic fight that I don't see many republicans giving up on. Hopefully McCain loses his senate seat in November to help lower the chance of a "gang of x" compromise deal being made.
I think republicans would be foolish to give democrats cover to shitcan the filibuster considering that Hillary could potentially have 2-3 SC nominations in her first term. But given that senate republicans have constantly acted outside the lines of basic reason, I wouldn't be stunned if they fuck themselves here.
It's going to be a titanic fight that I don't see many republicans giving up on. Hopefully McCain loses his senate seat in November to help lower the chance of a "gang of x" compromise deal being made.
I think republicans would be foolish to give democrats cover to shitcan the filibuster considering that Hillary could potentially have 2-3 SC nominations in her first term. But given that senate republicans have constantly acted outside the lines of basic reason, I wouldn't be stunned if they fuck themselves here.
AstroNut325
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Sigh...
Need a hand gun ban.
Need a hand gun ban.
SwiftDeath
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I remember watching like a documentary or something where college kids were driving guns up from Georgia or Alabama to be used in Chicago/Detroit.
They legally bought like 10-12 guns and proceeded to transport them up state and sell them illegally. I believe crossing state lines with that many guns might be a crime too but I can never tell with our gun laws.
Oh and the guys were doing it to pay their tuition. Bad situation all around.
ThisGuy
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It's literally the only gun ban I support.
It would take ridiculously good argument to convince me otherwise.
Earthstrike
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Australia isn't a salughtering zone. It has a crime rate far lower than america's.
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Along with literally every other country with gun restrictions in place.
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