The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to so called “assault weapon” bans from Illinois and Connecticut. After years of watching blue states invent increasingly creative ways to sidestep the Second Amendment, the nation’s highest court is finally poised to answer the question that should have been settled long ago.
The issue is simple. Can the government outlaw firearms that are owned by millions of law abiding Americans and commonly used for lawful purposes? The Supreme Court is about to decide.
All of the respected Second Amendment attorneys and legal commentators believe these bans will be declared unconstitutional.
They are predicting a 6 to 3 decisionshooting down the bans nationwide. The anti gun politicians will have to do something they have fought against for years. Read the Constitution and live with it.
The so called “assault weapon” bans would become another chapter in the long history of unconstitutional laws that politicians were perfectly happy to enforce until the Supreme Court reminded them that the Bill of Rights is not optional.
To the gun rights haters, this is not the news you wanted to hear. Suck it up. Constitutional rights do not disappear simply because you, a legislature or Congress dislikes them. The Second Amendment is not a government privilege that can be revoked whenever public opinion shifts. It is a constitutional guarantee.
Since District of Columbia v. Heller, McDonald v. City of Chicago, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and the Court’s recent Second Amendment decisions, the direction has been unmistakable. The Supreme Court has repeatedly reminded lower courts that constitutional rights are governed by the Constitution and our nation’s historical tradition, not by political slogans and fear mongering.
These cases will be argued after the court’s Summer recess in October. There will be a decision before the court’s June 2027 adjournment.
The courts impact will extend far beyond Illinois and Connecticut. Similar bans in California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, and other states will fall with them.
The coming decision will become one of the most important Second Amendment victories in modern American history. The Constitution has been waiting long enough.
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