And yet the gun control issue isn't really on either candidate's agenda.
Given that one wonders why the NRA would support either candidate.
Just as its not about abortion for social conservatives, so too is it not about guns for the NRA.
Unlike conservatives and abortion, liberals have wisely accepted Heller/McDonald as settled law and moved on to other issues.
With liberals no longer taking the gun grabber bait, the NRA must work that much harder to keep the rabid right engaged, even if that involves lying.
Go to NYC, liberals here still think Heller didnt settle anything.
And unlike Roe, the word "arms" is actually in the consitution, and the court is doing what it supposed to, clarifying an already written statement, not as in Roe, where they made up a right based on thier own opinions.
Neither the words individual nor self-defense are in the Second Amendment, yet the Court ruled that they are. Which is fine, thats the role of the Supreme Court in the context of judicial review, authorized to interpret what the Constitution means.
But before
Heller the Second Amendment was perceived as a collective right, and arms guaranteed only for service in the state militia.
To oppose
Griswold/Roe/Casey is to oppose
Heller/McDonald; to oppose one in support for the other is therefore inconsistent.
And New York lawmakers do not determine National policy, nor are they representative of lawmakers Nationwide.