The naive among us might have thought, for just a moment, that the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, which overturned New York State's "deny for any old reason or for no reason at all" policy on firearm concealed carry licenses (CCW), might have prompted the few states that still deny citizens their Second Amendment rights (as previously affirmed by the Court in
Obviously this is what the majority of voters in NY, NJ, CA, IL, etc., want their government doing. Sort of like in the Jim Crow South, where the citizenry needed to be "instructed" by the Court until they learned better. Actually the South (plus Alaska! and a number of counties scattered throughout the country) still to this day "enjoy" "oversight" from the Court on all voting procedures, registration and districting - special court attention administered under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Perhaps this is what these states need to rein in their obvious disregard for 2nd Amendment protected rights.
But good luck getting this Just-Us Department to enforce anything the Court may decide. The Civil Rights Division is really only concerned with one kind of civil rights.
The problem lies in the maldistribution of votes. Upstate NY, excluding Buffalo, is red country. Hunting and gun rights are the norm. It's the NYC cluster that overrides all those people's rights.
The courts will eventually knock much of NY's garbage down, and the Supremes may have to weigh in again.
Indeed.
Obviously this is what the majority of voters in NY, NJ, CA, IL, etc., want their government doing. Sort of like in the Jim Crow South, where the citizenry needed to be "instructed" by the Court until they learned better. Actually the South (plus Alaska! and a number of counties scattered throughout the country) still to this day "enjoy" "oversight" from the Court on all voting procedures, registration and districting - special court attention administered under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Perhaps this is what these states need to rein in their obvious disregard for 2nd Amendment protected rights.
But good luck getting this Just-Us Department to enforce anything the Court may decide. The Civil Rights Division is really only concerned with one kind of civil rights.
The problem lies in the maldistribution of votes. Upstate NY, excluding Buffalo, is red country. Hunting and gun rights are the norm. It's the NYC cluster that overrides all those people's rights.
The courts will eventually knock much of NY's garbage down, and the Supremes may have to weigh in again.