By: Kayleigh Hamilton
Things are looking better for the Second Amendment than they have in a while.
The end of gun control may be closer than ever before.
And MSNBC very sadly admitted that the Second Amendment might be on the verge of winning out.
The Supreme Court has signaled that they are friendlier to the Second Amendment than nearly any other Court in recent memory.
Many people are wondering just how far they will be willing to go in striking down pieces of gun control that are in clear violation of the Second Amendment.
One of the central battles is going to be over so-called “assault weapon” bans, which target some of the most popular and widely-owned guns in the entire country.
It would be a landmark decision if the Supreme Court struck down one of these bans, as it would undo these laws in many different liberal states.
By and large, Democrats are refusing to admit that this is even a real possibility.
But MSNBC just sadly acknowledged that so-called “assault weapon” bans may be thrown out the window by the Supreme Court very soon.
According to MSNBC legal analyst Jordan Rubin, “In that ruling on Tuesday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved Maryland’s assault weapons ban. The appeals court said the state ‘was well within its constitutional prerogative to legislate as it did,’ despite the Supreme Court’s gun rights expansion in the 2022 Bruen ruling. The high court’s Republican-appointed majority said in that decision that gun regulations can only survive Second Amendment challenges if they’re consistent with the nation’s historical traditions.”
Rubin is worried because the 4th Circuit’s decision clearly went against the Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling, and the Supreme Court may take up this Maryland case soon.
If they do, they may rule very differently than the 4th Circuit did.
The article continues, “Given that the challengers have vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court, it’s important to consider the 4th Circuit dissent, authored by Trump appointee Julius Richardson. In a lengthy writing, Richardson accused the majority of sidestepping the Second Amendment, demeaning weapons’ lawful functions and exaggerating their unlawful uses, and implausibly analyzing the nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation.
“Obviously, the two opinions tell different stories with different priorities. The forthcoming Supreme Court appeal will seek to harness Richardson’s dissent to make it the law of the land. The high court has discretion over whether to take appeals, with four justices needing to agree to review them.”
If the Supreme Court takes up the case, there’s a strong possibility that the conservative justices on the Court, such as Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito, will make a serious push to strike down the law.
The question then becomes how effective their arguments will be with the more wishy-washy conservatives like Brett Kavanaugh.
It is far from a guarantee that so-called “assault weapon” bans are going to get struck down, but there is a real path to it happening now that didn’t exist just a few short years ago.