{"id":19585,"date":"2010-06-29T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19585"},"modified":"2010-06-29T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T19:32:20","slug":"democrats-cheer-gun-ruling-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19585","title":{"rendered":"Democrats cheer gun ruling (for now)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kasie Hunt writes at Politico<\/a> that the Democrats are pleased that the Supreme Court ruled as it did in McDonald v. Chicago because it removes guns as an issue in the next election;<\/p>\n

\u201cIt removes guns as a political issue because everyone now agrees that the Second Amendment is an individual right, and everybody agrees that it\u2019s subject to regulation,\u201d said Lanae Erickson, deputy director of the culture program at centrist think tank Third Way.<\/p>\n

A House Democratic aide agreed that the court\u2019s decision removed a potentially combustible element from the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court ruled here that you have a fundamental right to own and bear arms, and that means at the national level it\u2019s harder \u2014 whether it\u2019s Republicans or whether it\u2019s the [National Rifle Association] \u2014 to throw that claim out: If Democrats are in charge. they\u2019re going to come get your guns,\u201d said the aide. \u201cIt pretty much took that off the table.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That message seems to have filtered down to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in her confirmation hearing to day. When asked by Dianne Feinstein about yesterday’s decision, Kagan responded (Fox News<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

“Senator Feinstein, because the court decided them as they did — and once the court has decided a case, it is binding precedent,” Kagan answered. <\/p>\n

The nominee said that unless the circumstances that led to a decision change or some other significant grounds can be found to challenge, “the operating presumption of our legal system is that a judge respects precedent. … You assume that it’s right and that it’s valid going forward.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notice she added that “unless circumstances change” proviso. What could change circumstances? Democrats could get a big hard-on for guns and write new law. So nothing has really changed – Democrats can smile nicely at you and stroke your revolver until Fall. Their attitude towards guns certainly didn’t change over night with the Supreme Court decision. <\/p>\n

Harry Reid wrote;<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased that the high court has taken steps in both the Heller and McDonald cases to guarantee this fundamental right,\u201d he said in a prepared statement, referring to both the 2008 Heller decision, which struck down the District of Columbia\u2019s restrictive gun law, and Monday\u2019s McDonald v. Chicago decision against Chicago\u2019s handgun ban.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Only because guns have beating the living shit out of Democrats for more than a decade. But give them 61 votes in the Senate and watch it all change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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