By: Kayleigh Hamilton
Gun control could suffer a major blow at the hands of Clarence Thomas very soon.
He issued a warning that will be heard by gun grabbers across America.
Now the gun control lobby is terrified of what Clarence Thomas might do to them.
So-called “assault weapons” bans, which are targeted at some of the most popular guns in America, are one of the most important pieces of legislation for the gun control lobby.
If they were ever held by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional, it could effectively end the gun control lobby in one fell swoop.
That’s why the recent words delivered by Clarence Thomas in response to an Illinois gun case will make gun grabbers absolutely sick.
The National Association for Gun Rights sued the state of Illinois in an attempt to strike down the “assault weapons” ban that they passed.
And while the Supreme Court temporarily decided not to take up the case, Clarence Thomas made it clear that he wants to eventually rule on it.
And his statement was pretty clear on the fact that he thinks the “assault weapons” ban should be struck down.
According to Newsweek, “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signaled he is ready to overrule another judge in a key firearms case on Tuesday.”
“The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied certiorari to a challenge to an Illinois ban on the sale or possession of assault weapons.”
“Justice Thomas, viewed as among the most conservative justices on the bench, wrote a statement addressing why he agrees the court should not have picked up the case at this point, but argued the court should intervene if the appeals court ultimately upholds Illinois’ law.”
It’s clear that, in Thomas’s mind, the denial of cert – which simply means that the Court won’t immediately hear the case – should be nothing more than a temporary thing.
For procedural reasons, he thinks it should go to a lower court first. But if the lower court upholds the law, he believes the Supreme Court needs to step in.
If Thomas gets his way, this law is going down hard.
Here is part of what he said: “The Seventh Circuit’s decision illustrates why this Court must provide more guidance on which weapons the Second Amendment covers. By contorting what little guidance our precedents provide, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the Second Amendment does not protect ‘militaristic’ weapons…It then tautologically defined ‘militaristic’ weapons as those ‘that may be reserved for military use.’”
“But, if the Seventh Circuit ultimately allows Illinois to ban America’s most common civilian rifle, we can—and should—review that decision once the cases reach a final judgment.”
Thomas could not have been more precise in his words. He says the AR-15 and other “assault weapons” represent America’s most common civilian rifles. It follows therefore that he believes it would be unreasonable to allow them to be banned.
This would represent a landmark moment in the history of American gun laws, and a major victory for gun owners and Second Amendment advocates.