Dont think ppl have fully grasped implications of horrible #SCOTUS #gun decision. "As of today, in order to be constitutional, any such law must have a specific historical precedent from the 18th or early-19th century." Ie the end of modern gun control.
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As @voxdotcom @imillhiser puts it: “The future of gun control in the United States could be quite grim—and Bruen could mark the moment when lawmakers’ power to fight gun violence falls apart.” vox.com/2021/4/26/2236…
#SCOTUS undercut a central tenet of the anti-gun-violence movement—namely that people who live in towns, cities, and states should have the right to set laws and policies that work best for them. bostonreview.net/articles/the-s…
#SCOTUS effectively set an entirely new standard for reviewing gun laws, one that will render a host of present and future laws unconstitutional. Get ready for *many* gun control laws supported by towns and communities across the US to fall. #Shameful
And of course the irony: under this insane regime, there is no distinction between the wholly contextual and fake categories of 'good guys' and 'bad guys.' Everyone can carry a gun anywhere they want--and fearing others drives the market. The law only comes in after you shoot.
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