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Amishman

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2. Not surprising that Roberts would rather punt

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:42 PM

Dec 2019

He seems terrified to rock the boat more than required by the Republicans. This case is the gun lobby and gun nuts who benefit,not the Republican party itself.

I think the prospect of a Democratic Congress and President packing the court has him scared.

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1st Supreme Court Gun-Rights Battle In 10 Years May Transform Legal Landscape [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 OP

Supreme Court shows little appetite for expanding gun rights in arguments over repealed NY reg. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 #1

Not surprising that Roberts would rather punt Amishman Dec 2019 #2

They might as well just make murder legal and get it over with. Initech Dec 2019 #3

Will there be blood in the streets? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2019 #5

Well it's not quite in the NRA's master plan... Initech Dec 2019 #6

*Do* tell us more about "the NRA's master plan". For starters: How did you get hold of it, friendly_iconoclast Dec 2019 #7

I think I found it right next to the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Initech Dec 2019 #9

Here's a link to NYC's gun laws, and what you have to go through to get a hand gun Polybius Dec 2019 #4

NYC has nothing on Japan! Initech Dec 2019 #8

Aren't you glad to know that in Japan, suicides are rarely committed with guns? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2019 #10

And Japan doesn't have the second amendment or our gun culture Amishman Dec 2019 #11