When the topic of gun control comes up, one of the most disingenuous arguments Gun Nuts make is Just Enforce the Laws already on the Books! They don't actually mean it because while they say this, Gun Humping psychos, Racists, the Firearms Industry lobbyists, and Republicans challenge and remove existing gun laws.
Suddenly, thanks to the Supremacist Court the only gun laws that can exist are whatever regulations existed in the early 1700's. And next year the White Supremacist Court is going to take on the thorny issue of whether violent domestic abuse perpetrators can be denied their blessed and unassailable Second Amendment Rights;
Zackey Rahimi was not a responsible gun owner. He exhibited the type of behavior that identified him as a danger to both the public and those closest to him. In February 2020, Rahimi agreed to be subject to a protective order after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Between December 2020 and January 2021, he was involved in five shootings. But despite acknowledging that Rahimi is “hardly a model citizen” – an understatement – the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in deciding United States v. Rahimi recently struck down the federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by people subject to domestic violence protection orders. In short, the 5th Circuit ruled that prohibiting abusers like Rahimi from possessing firearms is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. In doing so, the court sided with abusers.
This decision, which applies in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, is just the latest alarming development in a new era of Second Amendment cases. The new test for such cases, established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, requires the government to show that modern gun violence prevention laws are relevantly similar to historical laws.
It's unbelievable until you realize that rightwingers don't talk about this because it undermines their efforts to flood the Nation with as many firearms as possible, while also rolling back, eliminating and undoing every regulation they can at every level of government. And no this is not hyperbole the denouement of Republicans and Gun Nuts is to have no law on the books except the supreme law of the land and in their Second Amendment is says Shall Not Be Infringed.
Of course, one problem with all of this is the rightwing misunderstanding of where laws come from. Laws are creations of Men Humans and Society but, for years rightwingers have clung to the philosophical nonsense that laws are these immutable things, perfectly existing, somewhere nebulously in the cosmos, having been written into the fabric of Space/Time by the Almighty. Thus, Shall Not Be Infringed and gun rights are god's law. But, as in the case of domestic abusers, conservatives want everyone to know they have lots of guns because if you upset them, by being LGBTQ, or use their driveway to turn around, or look suspicious, why then the law grants them the right to gun you down.
So, violent men will continue to be able to exercise their Dude Rights to murder women who reject them, break off relationships, or have the temerity to live.
On Friday night, 35-year-old Ashley Yates was shot and killed in the parking lot of Westport Village, where she worked. Her family tells WHAS11 she was a longtime victim of an abusive relationship.
The suspect, who the family says was an on-and-off romantic partner, has since died. Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) believes he died by suicide Saturday night, a day after the murder.
"If you need help, ask for it. It doesn't have to be you," Yates brother said. "Ashley had every reason to leave the person who did this, and her life was threatened before, but she was stuck in a cycle and kept going back to this individual.
And sadly, most Police don't believe Domestic Violence is a real crime. Anyway.. women as separate entities don't exist in the Constitution, and for years married women could hardly be considered real people anyway, and their rights are to be found nowhere. This Supremacist Court is fully invested in removing any and all protections for Women in this country. I guarantee this Supreme Court will agree Domestic Abusers and Mass Shooters should be able to have guns, to gun down those broads who dump them. Republicans hate you and want you to die and next years' SCOTUS Ruling on US v. Rahimi will continue that trend, Guns are most often used by their owner to commit suicide after that person has killed their so-called loved ones.
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