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SCOTUSBlog on Parker v. DC stay of mandate
Posted by David Hardy · 27 May 2007 06:03 PM
It's here. And here's a .pdf of the stay motion, which doesn't say much that isn't obvious.
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DWLAWSON,
I agree with your comment. Sure, even if the SCOTUS upheld Parker, it wouldn't be a total panacea for gun owners, but it would immediately improve the situation for people like you in places like Chicago or DC.
Plus, it would provide a wonderful precedent to challenge further restrictive laws throughout the country. There are risks in going to SCOTUS, but a win would be monumental.
Interestingly the people at SCOTUSBlog disagreed and decided not to allow my comment on their blog.
Granted I'm just a lowly layman, but I don't understand the logic of Jacob Berlov's comment about this being a lose-lose situation.
We don't live in an aggragate of State and local laws...I, for one, live in Chicago and can only see a positive from a leveling of gun control laws.
The localities with more liberal guns laws could just as easily have the same strict gun laws as D.C. or Chicago if they chose now. Just because SCOTUS permits a certain level of gun control across the board doesn't require them to enact such laws.
Maybe I'm just ignorant, but nothing SCOTUS decides will force any new gun control laws to be enacted, but merely say they could be.
Since there isn't a decision currently saying they can't enact those laws now, why would they want to do so with a clearer statement from SCOTUS?