Sane gun laws may be dead if Kavanaugh gets Kennedy's SCOTUS seat
Sane gun laws may be dead if Kavanaugh gets Kennedy's SCOTUS seat
POSTED JULY 13, 2018
Forget "reasonable" gun safety laws. If Brett Kavanugh's nomination to the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate, "sane" gun laws may be on the chopping block. Kavanaugh, Trump's pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, has extreme views on gun safety legislation. In 2011, he issued a dissenting vote on a challenge to D.C.'s assault weapons ban. Apparently in Kavanaugh's mind, the Second Amendment allows the average citizen can have a weapon made for military and police purposes and which is implicated in most of the mass murders our country has suffered. Kavanaugh's position had previously been denied by the Supreme Court. The conservative justices have already shown their willingness - in the anti-union Janus ruling - to abandon "stare decisis" (Latin for "to stand by things decided") when it suits them. With a fifth hard-core right-winger on the court, anything may happen now.
Forget "reasonable" gun safety laws. If Brett Kavanugh's nomination to the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate, "sane" gun laws may be on the chopping block. Kavanaugh, Trump's pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, has extreme views on gun safety legislation. In 2011, he issued a dissenting vote on a challenge to D.C.'s assault weapons ban. Apparently in Kavanaugh's mind, the Second Amendment allows the average citizen can have a weapon made for military and police purposes and which is implicated in most of the mass murders our country has suffered. Kavanaugh's position had previously been denied by the Supreme Court. The conservative justices have already shown their willingness - in the anti-union Janus ruling - to abandon "stare decisis" (Latin for "to stand by things decided") when it suits them. With a fifth hard-core right-winger on the court, anything may happen now.
Everytown for Gun Safety has filed Freedom of Information Act requests to see how deeply ties with the NRA run and what role they played in the nomination. The NRA contributed $30 million to candidate Trump and he has been quoted as saying he will never let the NRA down. Nick Suplina, managing director for law and policy at Everytown, said in a statement, “Kavanaugh’s judicial record demonstrates a dangerous view of the Second Amendment that elevates gun rights above public safety. The American people deserve to know whether the NRA played a role in his selection.”
Everytown for Gun Safety has filed Freedom of Information Act requests to see how deeply ties with the NRA run and what role they played in the nomination. The NRA contributed $30 million to candidate Trump and he has been quoted as saying he will never let the NRA down. Nick Suplina, managing director for law and policy at Everytown, said in a statement, “Kavanaugh’s judicial record demonstrates a dangerous view of the Second Amendment that elevates gun rights above public safety. The American people deserve to know whether the NRA played a role in his selection.”
