Quote of the Day
While many Americans still believe the courts are the key to restoring liberty, gun rights leaders say it’s time for a reality check — because the courts aren’t coming to save you. That’s the blunt warning from Hannah Hill, Vice President of the National Foundation for Gun Rights, who says far too many liberty activists have fallen into the trap of thinking they can sue their way back to freedom.
“No. The courts are NOT coming to save you,” Hill said in a recent statement. “If you’re waiting for a judge to fix this country, you’re going to be waiting forever.”
According to Hill, too many well-meaning conservatives are convinced that “one big lawsuit” will topple gun control laws or fix deep-rooted corruption, when in reality, the legal system is stacked against liberty from top to bottom.
Chris McNutt
November 14, 2025
Reality Check: The Courts Aren’t Coming to Save Your Gun Rights – Shooting News Weekly
I have been saying just the opposite for quite a while now. The legislatures in so many states are completely hopeless. I think the courts and/or prosecutions are the only hope in those gun-rights hellholes. If we can maintain an originalist majority on the SCOTUS long enough, we can get most of the bad laws removed from the books. Once the bad laws are off the books we can create a history of life without oppressive gun laws. The more history we can create the better our chances for a non-oppressive gun law future.
The risk is losing the majority on SCOTUS via the anti-gun politicians packing the court in the next five to ten years.
That said, having all the bad law the Federal level is plausible even without the support of SCOTUS. And if we can get rid of all the bad laws at the Federal level and in half or more the states then we have additional leverage for the remaining states.
I see the point of the article, and I am not entirely in disagreement with them. And redundancy in protection and plans are always a good thing. If we can get both the courts and the legislatures to see the plain and clear language of the 2nd Amendment that would be great. It would be much better than having just one or the other. So, both right?
The problem is that resources are limited and must be allocated to best accomplish the final goal. With the current SCOTUS I believe the path forward is more certain and less resource intensive than attempting to make similar progress in the legislatures. Hence, I’m going to be expending my resources on the courts for now. But I’m certainly not going to fault someone who can make a difference at the legislative front.
I have my issues with Alan Gottlieb, but I think this is why the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) work so well as sister organizations. SAF focuses on the courts, and CCRKBA focuses on the legislatures and executives.
The two-pronged approach is our best bet. Getting bad laws challenged and tossed is only half the battle, we also need to get good laws enacted. The courts can only do the former, but legislatures and executives (State Governors and President) can do both. We need to be active in both spheres, defense AND offense, but those are VERY different battles — it’s wiser and more effective to have two separate-but-related organizations, each working their specialty.
That’s the good, peaceful, and civilized way of doing things.
And I thank you again Joe for all you do.
But it’s been demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that one cannot deal with your enemy the way your enemy wants to be treated, and win.
Think commie-mandami is going to listen to your legal arguments any more than he does your logical ones?
As everyone from the SCOTUS to street thugs, and politicians in between violate most of the constitution on a daily basis. With impunity.
We’re at the last line of defense. One more communist administration will destroy this country for 50+ years in civil war.
As Burkele in El Salvador said. “We went after the corrupt judges first. If you don’t get rid of them, nothing you do will work.”
Truthfully, I haven’t seen the spine to stop them in America.
Wake me up when some lawyer looks the scotus in the eye and calls them for the traitors they are. (Or any judge for that matter.)
He’s right. How many new gun control laws have been passed since Heller? Court rulings can get rid of existing bad law, but don’t constrain future legislatures. In the courts, we fight the same battles over and over.
The Supreme Court ruled State constitutions cannot mirror the Federal constitution. There is nothing the Court can’t do, if 5 justices but have the will.
“Emanation and penumbras” work both ways.
Considering that the commie-crat judges have decided that they are in charge of the country both – legislatively and executively – I don’t see any way out except through using the left’s own modus operandi. ATFTRAF. . .