That it's even before the SC is proof the whole system is a fraud. Every SC justice included.
Where in the Constitution does it grant the government ANY power regarding
firearms and who can have them , let alone what types, etc?
NO f'n Where. That's where.
But they won't even bring up that niggly little detail, not even the exalted
so-called conservative clowns in black robes.
Bread and circus.
At the time of the Constitution, and bill of rights and thereafter, there were State laws that limited the use and possession of firearms, which the Framers and States actually enforced through state law.
The Constitution’s Second Amendment didn’t stop the state from doing anything.
And, actually, nothing in the Federal Constitution prevented the Stares from outright banning guns. That is why some states have a “second amendment” type of right in their constitution.
Under the Constitution as passed and the original bill of rights, the Federal gov, under principles of State Sovereignty, could have done nothing if California banned all guns.
The Framers basically left arms as a States issue, as a republican form of govt where the Federal Gov had limited power. There were State Constitutions with protections like the 2nd, which is where the Framers left power over arms.
Ironically, those who want the US Supreme Court to stop States from violating gun rights today want a more powerful Federal govt than the Framers intended.
There is good and bad with the growth of the Federal Govt power. Now, we can be thankful that things changed in the centuries since. But, hate how the Feds impose other restrictions like “taxation” or suppressors to limit ownership and access. Under the Constitution, “taxation” and “commerce clause” is the only power the Fed govt had to regulate guns.
That is why we have to pay a TAX to own a suppressor
We have federal protection from state laws now, but the federal Second Amendment didn’t actually protect against overreaching and abusive state laws until due process was “incorporated” under the 14th Amendment to apply to the States in 2010. The 14th amendment was passed to keep the states from discriminating against blacks after the Civil War.
Gun laws are far more complex than most can imagine.
I agree with the passion of your statement. I agree with the notion that the Framers did not want states to be as restrictive. So, not to demean your statement at all (I consider that a failure of our schools to teach good American History and Civics) prior to 2010, the US Supreme Court had never restricted a state’s ability to regulate guns.
