Quote of the Day
A Trump judge in Kansas ruled that the Second Amendment invalidates criminal charges against a defendant charged with illegally possessing a machine gun. The case is United States v. Morgan.
Judge John Broomes’s decision in Morgan is obviously wrong, even under the Supreme Court’s most aggressively pro-gun opinion, which Broomes relied on heavily.
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This chaos is likely to continue until Bruen is overruled. The history and tradition test announced in the case provides lower court judges with no meaningful guidance on which gun laws are constitutional. And Bruen allows judges who are determined to reach pro-gun conclusions no matter what the consequences to strike down virtually any gun law — which may explain Broomes’s decision in the Morgan case.
Ian Millhiser
August 23, 2024
A Trump judge ruled there’s a Second Amendment right to own machine guns (msn.com)
I find it very telling that Millhiser says the decision is obviously wrong but doesn’t bother to explain it to those of us, including federal judges, he apparently thinks are too stupid to figure it out on our own. I would especially enjoy seeing him tap dance around the U.S. v. Miller decision on the topic of machine guns.
He also is either stupid, ignorant and/or deliberately lying when he fails to mention that in both Heller and Bruen SCOTUS said the 2nd Amendment text has already taken into account any balancing of interests. The “consequences” he is concerned about cannot be considered in determining whether a law is unconstitutional or not.
I am looking forward to seeing machine gun sporting events in high schools in ten nine years.
There are also a lot of judges who are nullifying Supreme Court decisions. Until the Supreme Court acts decisively against this, depending on the courts to safeguard rights is dangerous. I am not holding my breath.
“He also is either stupid, ignorant and/or deliberately lying.”
All three.
He doesn’t explain himself (just as all communist won’t), because their arguments are moronic, and they know it.
Ever do something really stupid, then years later you get this psychical pain/cringe when you think about it?
Every time a communist tries to explain what they’re actually doing to someone who hasn’t drank the kool-aid? They understand how ignorant they sound/are. And they feel that pain.
That’s why you have to die. Seeing you doing good in life is emotional terror to them.
The question Joe has been asking for years now.
“Show me where gun control has ever worked?”
Goes truly unanswered because of the simple truth of the question.
Just as in all this no one will bring up the simple statement.
“Shall not be infringed.” As an open and shut case before the law.
It mentally terrorizes them to feel that stupid.
Communism is a crime against humanity. Even to communists.
He wants what he wants. Logic, reason, facts…all are irrelevant to the left, who comprise the vast majority of gun grabbers. Quite simply they do what they want
unless punished…a rare occurrence these days. The judge in this case will almost certainly be overruled but it will be interesting to see what mental gymnastics and verbal contortions the court doing so must come up with to justify it.