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mack59 · April 27, 2021, 12:49 AM

Cripes, the court didn't take the case to affirm the NY law, at least 4 of the justices have railed about the court in the past not taking action to affirm and protect the 2nd. Barrett has lower court decisions affirming the 2nd as a real right. The left is upset all over social media about the court taking this case. Yet more than half the 2nd Amendment advocates are being doomers and woe is me about this case. Sure nothing is certain but when has there been a better time than now.

The court will affirm that carry outside the home is a right - similar as was mentioned about the Ohio case. States will no longer be able to easily and arbitrarily deny the right to carry outside the home for self defense. A quarter of the citizens in the US will be able for the first time to exercise their RKBA and carry firearms for self-defense. It isn't activist judging it's returning to the intent of the founders that people have a right to arm themselves for self defense.

And when millions of citizens regain that right then a good percentage of them will exercise that right - there will be more gun owners - those individuals will become invested in the RKBA as they have not before. Before for most of those urban or city dwellers in the states with may issue the RKBA had little relevance to them. If they bought a gun (unless they hunted which most did not) then that gun resided at their house or apt in a box or safe rarely touched or used collecting dust. Now those guns will be carried and shot and many others who saw no reason for a gun will join them. Then they will have skin in the game - a reason to support the 2nd and money and property tied to their exercising that right. They will become familiar with firearms personally and will not just swallow whatever the news or politicians say about guns. They will become indoctrinated in the gun culture and many will begin to say - wait this so called assault weapons ban is stupid and what do you mean that my standard handgun magazines that I paid for and carry should be illegal?

This could result in millions of new members of the gun culture and supporters of the RKBA especially amongst minorities. And that could entirely change the politics and the ground of the RKBA debate.

April 27, 2021, 12:49 AM	#15
mack59 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2004 Posts: 447	Cripes, the court didn't take the case to affirm the NY law, at least 4 of the justices have railed about the court in the past not taking action to affirm and protect the 2nd. Barrett has lower court decisions affirming the 2nd as a real right. The left is upset all over social media about the court taking this case. Yet more than half the 2nd Amendment advocates are being doomers and woe is me about this case. Sure nothing is certain but when has there been a better time than now. The court will affirm that carry outside the home is a right - similar as was mentioned about the Ohio case. States will no longer be able to easily and arbitrarily deny the right to carry outside the home for self defense. A quarter of the citizens in the US will be able for the first time to exercise their RKBA and carry firearms for self-defense. It isn't activist judging it's returning to the intent of the founders that people have a right to arm themselves for self defense. And when millions of citizens regain that right then a good percentage of them will exercise that right - there will be more gun owners - those individuals will become invested in the RKBA as they have not before. Before for most of those urban or city dwellers in the states with may issue the RKBA had little relevance to them. If they bought a gun (unless they hunted which most did not) then that gun resided at their house or apt in a box or safe rarely touched or used collecting dust. Now those guns will be carried and shot and many others who saw no reason for a gun will join them. Then they will have skin in the game - a reason to support the 2nd and money and property tied to their exercising that right. They will become familiar with firearms personally and will not just swallow whatever the news or politicians say about guns. They will become indoctrinated in the gun culture and many will begin to say - wait this so called assault weapons ban is stupid and what do you mean that my standard handgun magazines that I paid for and carry should be illegal? This could result in millions of new members of the gun culture and supporters of the RKBA especially amongst minorities. And that could entirely change the politics and the ground of the RKBA debate.