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Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

Postby jdege on Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:25 am

https://www.apnews.com/768bb5352e914874b36c1c970bca347e
Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, including a ban on the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines used in some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings.

How long those types of laws will stand is a growing concern among gun control advocates in California and elsewhere.

A federal judiciary that is becoming increasingly conservative under President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has gun control advocates on edge. They worry that federal courts, especially if Trump wins a second term next year and Republicans hold the Senate, will take such an expansive view of Second Amendment rights that they might overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states.
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Re: Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

Postby Holland&Holland on Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:30 am

So they know their laws are unconstitutional then? Here I thought they were just idiots.
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Re: Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

Postby Ghost on Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:08 am

LoL
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Re: Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

Postby LarryFlew on Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:37 am

Holland&Holland wrote:So they know their laws are unconstitutional then? Here I thought they were just idiots.


There isn't an all of the above box?
If you're having second thoughts you're two ahead of most Democrats
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Re: Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

Postby Lumpy on Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:28 pm

If Trump actually a gave a $#!+ about gun rights, they might really have something to worry about. :x
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