@icedquinn The courts are striking down state laws, and ATF regulations. That's good news. But, Congress is trying to just make new laws anyway, that's bad.
End of day, congress can pass an unconstitutional law (remember how much power they gave Clinton with the line item veto, until it was declared unconstitutional?). They can pass the law, the law can go into effect, and then if we have the same Supreme Court when a case gets there (could be years) the law could be struck down as unconstitutional.
Right now, Congress is basically saying, they have power to control people that is superior to either the Judicial branch, and above the rights granted in the constitution, and Congress just doesn't care, and does it anyway. They aren't personally held liable for talking away peoples constitutional rights, they have a "technicality" to control, and they are going to use it. Control, until the system grinds on for years to strike it down.
The only way to get "gun rights" anymore is rely on the courts to interpret the constitution, meanwhile, you may well be arrested, and imprisoned, for excerpting your constitutional rights, because it will win politicians votes. It sucks. If people can't tell from this how broken "politics" and "democracy" has endangered the free republic, they just aren't looking...
@gat@GLObalMARinePR@KarlDahl@Ottovonshitpost@admin I'd even add, like H&K being top shelf in that "reliability brand" and Ruger being the "This is designed to work, it's a tool, like your hammer, We're an American company, stand behind our work, and know you are trusting your LIFE with us" brand, it's hard to consider it a "cheap" gun, regardless of the fact they are affordable, they are just made to function, not be pretty..." If it came to, do I 100% trust it as a carry gun? Ruger v. S&W revolver? Ruger every time if I'm carrying it because I might need it, but S&W every time if it's competition or range gun, always kinda felt that way. You can even sorta see that pattern going back to the very first 9mm semiauto's they released, the 39/59 and that god awful slab of stanless steel Ruger made, I can't remember the name, I wanna say 89? Dunno.
@gat@admin@GLObalMARinePR@KarlDahl@Ottovonshitpost I always kinda felt like Ruger was design and function, when S&W was being "this is a display case quality, every surface polished with optional engraving" kinda ? Yea... All makes sense now, I can see it in thousands of images of those two in years gone buy I held them side by side and said "yea, Ruger's fine, more a glovebox, you know it will work gun, I'd feel shitty throwing that pretty S&W in a toolbox, glovebox, backpack..." I don't know how I never thought about why the two were like that. Thanks @gat that's an epic explanation of Ruger's history.
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