Because current 2A law rests on a wholly misguided interpretation of the text, and required Scalia to effectively ignore the whole "well-regulated" militia clause of the 2A. (It was widely criticized by legal scholars at the time.) The NRA and other even more extreme (I know, difficult to conceive, but true) gun-rights groups have levera…
Because current 2A law rests on a wholly misguided interpretation of the text, and required Scalia to effectively ignore the whole "well-regulated" militia clause of the 2A. (It was widely criticized by legal scholars at the time.) The NRA and other even more extreme (I know, difficult to conceive, but true) gun-rights groups have leveraged the Heller decision to twist the meaning of the 2A so far beyond the what the Founders could have possible intended, as to make it a joke. (And, please note, that this opinion is coming from a person who has owned firearms for more than 45 years, a took an NRA-sponsored firearms safety class from my local police department when I bought my .22 rifle as a teenager. 45 years ago the NRA was interested primarily in firearm safety, not in promoting the annual sales of firearm manufacturers.)
You can take that up with SCOTUS, just like pro-life folks had to deal with Roe v Wade. The 2A absolutists certainly have more constitutional text supporting them than the abortion-rights absolutists. If you think it’s weak, what can you make of the constitutional right to abortion?
Because current 2A law rests on a wholly misguided interpretation of the text, and required Scalia to effectively ignore the whole "well-regulated" militia clause of the 2A. (It was widely criticized by legal scholars at the time.) The NRA and other even more extreme (I know, difficult to conceive, but true) gun-rights groups have leveraged the Heller decision to twist the meaning of the 2A so far beyond the what the Founders could have possible intended, as to make it a joke. (And, please note, that this opinion is coming from a person who has owned firearms for more than 45 years, a took an NRA-sponsored firearms safety class from my local police department when I bought my .22 rifle as a teenager. 45 years ago the NRA was interested primarily in firearm safety, not in promoting the annual sales of firearm manufacturers.)
You can take that up with SCOTUS, just like pro-life folks had to deal with Roe v Wade. The 2A absolutists certainly have more constitutional text supporting them than the abortion-rights absolutists. If you think it’s weak, what can you make of the constitutional right to abortion?