{"id":563,"date":"2007-11-20T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T19:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/11\/20\/gun-control-back-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2007-11-20T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T19:03:32","slug":"gun-control-back-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/11\/20\/gun-control-back-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Control: Back in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Democrat in the country better be ready for a barrage of gun control questions between now and the general election next year.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?\u00c2\u00a0 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear<\/a> a case that goes to the core of the Second Amendment, which reads:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vastly oversimplifying things, it’s about whether the “right to bear arms” is a right that you – as an individual – have, or whether the right to bear arms is only as part of a “well-regulated Militia” (which is then up to the States to define).\u00c2\u00a0 If there is an *individual* right to bear arms, then many of the existing restrictions on gun acquisition and ownership may well be found unconstitutional.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it’s a perfectly valid question, and something that the Supreme Court has been avoiding for years.\u00c2\u00a0 So I’m happy to see that it will be sorted out.\u00c2\u00a0 As a lawyer, anyway.<\/p>\n

But the real harm here is going to be the reinsertion of the “Democrats want to take your guns away!” canard into the political sphere.\u00c2\u00a0 If ever it was true, it certainly hasn’t been true for decades.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet it remained a regular (and effective) rallying cry for the GOP (a wholly owned subsidiary of the NRA, for the purpose of this issue).\u00c2\u00a0 It had faded, in recent years, and I was glad to see that.\u00c2\u00a0 But look for this case to put it front and center again.\u00c2\u00a0 Democrats need to prepare to ready, aim, and fire back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every Democrat in the country better be ready for a barrage of gun control questions between now and the general election next year.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?\u00c2\u00a0 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that goes to the core of the Second Amendment, which reads: A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc","category-law","category-policy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t