Imagine having to follow Scalia.
All of us stand on the shoulders of those that came before... Justice Scalia would be a great benchmark to strive towards
We got a fantastic one-two knockout punch for gun rights/2A when justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were appointed to the Supreme Court. While I am very happy about justice Gorsuch, I am ecstatic about justice Kavanaugh to carry the 2A torch from justice Scalia.
For Heller 2 case in 2012, a 50 page dissent was written by a judge in disdain of court's actions essentially saying DC's ban on semi-auto rifle was unconstitutional under Heller.
This dissent was written by ... < wait for it > ... now justice Kavanaugh!
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https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/inter...C748525791F004D84F9/$file/10-7036-1333156.pdf
"... the D.C. ban on semi-automatic rifles and the D.C. gun registration requirement are unconstitutional"
Interviewed on Fox 5 NY about Judge Kavanaugh and the Second Amendment
Are Semiautomatic Rifles Protected by the Second Amendment?
And there's more
In light of recent Texas church shooting ... "Keep" means store and "Bear" means carry.
Justice Ginsburg defined, “... natural meaning of ‘bear arms’ is to 'wear, bear, or carry ... upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose ... of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person.'” -
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/concealed-carry-and-the-right-to-bear-arms
The Supreme Court explicitly included both concealed carry and open carry in its definition of “bear arms".
I am REALLY looking forward to hearing justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh's impeccable "Originalist" reasoning for protecting modern types of "arms" which has already been broadened by courts to include ammunition storage devices (magazines) in addition to semi-auto firearms along with 50 state carry, perhaps with support even from justice Ginsburg.
Does the Right to Bear Arms Include a Right to Carry Handguns in Public?
And things are looking up for our eventual 2A Supreme Court fight.
Second Amendment Scholar says Assault Weapons Ban "won't pass constitutional muster"
Since millions of hand guns and long guns are in "common use" and the Second Amendment is worded, "A well regulated militia ... , ("coma") the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" with a deliberate "coma" to differentiate right to keep and bear arms was meant for the people (After much research, intent at the time of the writing of the Constitution applied to individual rights as affirmed by Heller ruling).
The term "Assault Weapon" targets cosmetic features and these popular firearms commonly used are actually legal semi-auto firearms and ban won't pass constitutional muster. Millions of "Assault Weapons" were purchased legally and are "commonly used" with large capacity magazines and ban on firearms and magazines won't pass constitutional muster.
Government's own studies found there was no appreciable reduction in violent crimes from "Assault Weapons" ban and only took guns away from law abiding citizens. Mass shootings (4 or more people killed) occur in so called "gun free zones" and may actually attract shooters to these areas because they are unprotected.
