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Brett Kavanaugh won't keep Americans safe
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According to Kavanaugh's dissent, state legislatures all around the country lose the ability to regulate weapons if they are not banned quickly enough to prevent them from being in "common use." This "common use" test defies common sense. The gun lobby has effectively promoted its modern weaponry and dominated some jurisdictions and politicians, as shown by its ability to even prevent Congress from having a vote on a universal background check system that 90% of all Americans (and a majority of NRA members) supported. Kavanaugh doesn't explain how the NRA stranglehold on these jurisdictions and politicians could then deprive all states and localities from the capacity to craft "those wise restraints that make men free." |
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| Good. It's not his job to keep anyone safe, or to understand the opinions of whatever people were polled about a given issue. His job as a judge is to understand what the law says, and his job as one of the SCOTUS justices will be to understand what the Constitution says. The law says what it says; let the chips fall where they may. It's the legislature's job to worry about the stuff these pundits want Kavanaugh to be worried about. It's about time the left learns the difference between a judge and a legislator. |
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