House Passes DC gun Ban Repeal

[gunsmith]

does this

mean that it will go to the SCOTUS?

 

[mack]

I strongly believe that the only reason that the D.C. gun ban is being pushed to be repealed by some politicians at this time - is because of the pending lawsuits in federal court that are contesting the D.C. ban on grounds of the 2nd amendment - those lawsuits are going to make it almost impossible for the federal courts and the USSC to avoid making an actual ruling on the 2nd amendment due to the federal governments direct jurisdiction over D.C. The Courts would then be forced to either officially gutt the 2nd - though by their inaction they have already effectively gutted it - or finally rule that - "Yes, Virginia, there is an actual individual right to keep and bear arms." I think the prospect of the federal court and USSC having to make a definitive ruling on the 2nd amendment has alot of politicians wetting themselves - they don't like the possible consequences of either result. An eventual overturning of many federal, state, and local gun control laws due to a whole raft of new lawsuits based on the new jurisprudence on the 2nd amendment - or the final clear message from the government that the BOR is just a meaningless piece of paper.