Subject: Re: Background Checks
....it became very easy for the Court to rationalize striking down the all-but-bans of the handful of cities that didn't

Aw geez, I'm a little bit 'over' firearms/2a debates since nothing changes. I waste a lot of money on 12 gauge shells and clay at ranges where there as many assault weapon fanatics..if not more... than skeet/trap shooters.

The discussions are always dead ends while the body counts climb.

Yes, it's an unfortunate reality that cities counties and states know that fighting courts is a losing proposition.

So I'll just say this and be done with it because 'we' all know the rebuttal: I'm not the only person who believes that the SCOTUS ignoring those first four words, and interpreting the word 'people' to mean individuals, as opposed to people being the state, is a gross misinterpretation that does not serve the nation well.

Second Amendment

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.