Not that it’s my goal in any way whatsoever, but I can’t even get a scoop on Thirdpower on a story that said it was loaded 6 minutes ago. I’m down with that. I read a lot of different blogs for a lot of different reasons. DOOT is an obvious one; SIH is good for the inner workings of the NRA and say uncle because “everybody reads says uncle.” There’s the obligatory breda, wallsofthecity, anothergunblog, weer’d beard is like a long lost brother and many many more.
So what does the big picture look like now?
I’ve been reading through the amicus briefs for McDonald vs. Chicago at a faster rate than during the Heller case and I can’t really see how the SCOTUS can rule against incorporation. With the whole combo of the 2A and Slaughterhouse, Dred Scott, the Black Codes, Jim Crow, Cruikshank. Presser etc., and in light of the recently ruled Heller case, I would be surprised at anything less than an 8-to-1 ruling.
The Brady Bunch has already admitted defeat by filing a brief in defense of neither party. They know they’re going to lose and are trying to mitigate damage preemptively. Even the NAACP filed a brief(again for neither party) that argued that the birth pangs of gun control was rooted in open blatant racism. I ain’t a legal lawyer type but when you got the NRA and NAACP saying virtually the same thing, the make up of the current SCOTUS is gonna have some ‘spaining’ to do for any dissent opinions.
So here we are.
The Heller decision stung the antis quite a bit. They latched on to the one thing they could; that the Heller ruling permitted the RKBA inside one’s home. The VPC then comes out with an ongoing updated list of cop killers who had at one point in time a CCW permit. All the other antis link to it. Registration and licensing are a pavlovian response as well.
This is their plan.
They know that they’re now forced to work within the framework of Heller. Their attacks have been and will continue to be against CCW, whether it be in National parks, establishments that serve alcohol, or some arbitrary boundary outside “gun-free zones.”
The big push is on right now before McDonald is decided. That’s why they wanted the Messiah to act within his first year in office. Gun show loophole, registration, making the AWB permanent and the infamous “terror gap.” Their main drive is to slow down the push for freedom.
If these laws are passed before McDonald is decided, then it will slow our advancement.
Personally, I think the Messiah has enough on his plate to take us on at the moment.
But if I’m wrong, I can tell you some stories from my GrandFather that will get your ass off the couch and into the Fight.
4 comments:
8-1?
You're far more optimistic than I am.
Things should get pretty interesting in the MSM as we get closer to the date.
"weer’d beard is like a long lost brother"
Awww, thanks dude!
Going after CCW is going to be a BITCH, just like holding the line on "Guns in Bars" or whatever they want to call it is rough work.
We already have vast swaths of the country that will give a CCW permit to anybody who can pass a NICS check, pass a basic training course, and write a check that clears (And some states even make the last two optional...and two don't bother with that shit at all, and several have limited scopes where CCW is legal without a permit *I was reading something about Montana being permit-free carry given that you stay clear of the major cites but you'll have to read up on that on your own)
Once you have you permit, you're free to go most places strapped to the nines. Some say you can even have a drink, given that you don't get legally dunk, others just demand you abstain. Hell the places you CAN carry without question are so numerous, it makes it kinda stupid to have the bans we do. Like I can carry to Fed-Ex and UPS all the time (Hell they ship guns for me!) but the USPS is out of bounds, why?
I can't carry a gun on school grounds which makes sense only if you don't think about the fact that I carry at movie theaters, parks, playgrounds, malls, and other places populated by the same kids. Nope no bloodshed or danger there. Hell I wall along the sidewalks and drive down streets with schools on them all the time, blah blah blah.
Just turns out Gun laws are mostly redundant stupidity.
That's our plan, and has been for decades, and we're winning.
I not so sure about an 8-1 split. Even conceding the strength of the case, I think the same 4 (well, same 3 and 1 on the same lines) will grasp at any straw to push their preferred policy choice. The only way I see an 8-1 split is if the leftists concur with their own opinions meant to float damage-control legal theories for later, more sympathetic courts.
Bright side is, as was pointed out of Heller, a 5-4 split actually gets us the strongest possible language if they're not trying to bring the leftists on board.
There's just too much great outdoors here in Oregon to be stuck on a blog too much.
Heck, I get winded if I post more than once a month. By my standard, you're doing great. You should consider taking it easy!
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