Ten states and the District of Columbia are violating the Constitutional rights of their citizens by banning so-called “assault weapons” and the majority of SCOTUS doesn’t care. The 4th Circuit concluded that assault weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms at all “because, in essence, they are military-style weapons designed for sustained combat operations that are ill-suited and disproportionate to the need for self-defense.” But even if the Second Amendment does protect the right to have assault rifles, the court continued, the law is still constitutional because it “fits comfortably within our nation’s tradition of firearms regulation. It is but another example of a state regulating excessively dangerous weapons once their incompatibility with a lawful and safe society becomes apparent, while nonetheless preserving avenues for armed self-defense.”
Where do the words “self defense” appear in the Second Amendment? The continued inventing of phrases by our courts that is done to justify whatever violation is popular that day is a travesty. That travesty is compounded by the fact that leftist Comey-Barret is again siding with the Democrats, and that Kavanaugh is again showing that they have photos of him at Epstein island or at a Diddy party, because his occasional lapses seem like he is being controlled. No matter the reason, out courts are displaying the total lack of regard for anything but political Kabuki.