Would anyone fear something years AFTER it was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

[Newmarduk]

For example, SCOTUS has on at least six occasions since 1969 declared that so-called "hate speech" has 1st Amendment protection.

In 2008 another SCOTUS ruling declared that private gun ownership was to a certain degree a constitutional right.

And also note that trying to pass a constitutional amendment is difficult if not impossible.

If the justices declared a ban on military-style semi-automatics (so-called assault weapons) unconstitutional, it will not end the debate over assault weapons. Members of Congress will seek an alternative approach like a voluntary buyback program which pays people money for willingly giving up their military-style guns or a federal law that targets people who use such weapons in crimes.

 

[pknopp]

I doubt the court ever does that, at least not in my lifetime and if they did, IMO most people would largely ignore it.

 

[toobfreak]

For example, SCOTUS has on at least six occasions since 1969 declared that so-called "hate speech" has 1st Amendment protection.

In 2008 another SCOTUS ruling declared that private gun ownership was to a certain degree a constitutional right.

And also note that trying to pass a constitutional amendment is difficult if not impossible.

If the justices declared a ban on military-style semi-automatics (so-called assault weapons) unconstitutional, it will not end the debate over assault weapons. Members of Congress will seek an alternative approach like a voluntary buyback program which pays people money for willingly giving up their military-style guns or a federal law that targets people who use such weapons in crimes.

Actual assault weapons were effectively banned from private ownership without a federal stamp after the Valentines Day Massacre I believe. No rifle that isn't full auto can be by definition an assault rifle and if they say otherwise, they are just a gun grabber.

 

[daveman]

Don't make the mistake of assuming that Democrats support the Constitution.

 

[DGS49]

The "assault weapons" ban is just silly. It bans a weapon because it looks scary. The numbers don't actually justify it, as the vast majority of firearm-shootings are with handguns.

Bottom line: the assault weapons ban is just a sop that politicians throw to their constituents who are too stupid to understand the constitutional and other issues. It's like having a 70% tax rate that nobody actually pays (which the U.S. has done in the past).

 

[daveman]

The left's gun control has never been about protecting people from gun violence. You can tell because all their "solutions" impact ONLY law-abiding people.

No, the left's gun control is about disarming people who would resist leftist tyranny.

Anyone who wants you disarmed wants to harm you. Period. End of story.