Robert Farago  –  June 30, 2016  –  The Truth About Guns

As we just reported, California has gone full retard on gun control. The Golden State legislature has approved a package of gun control bills which piss on the United States Constitution’s Second Amendment prohibition against government infringement on Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. Assuming that Governor Brown or Lt. Governor Newsome signs some, many, most or all of these bills into law, we will have entered a new era of gun control. One where there are two Americas. One with gun rights. One without.

Now you might have thought that the Supreme Court would put an end to at least the most egregious of these measures. And you might have been right — if Justice Scalia hadn’t pegged it in Texas. But he’s gone and the Supreme Court is evenly divided on the meaning of “shall not be infringed” (go figure). Until and unless a pro-gun rights Justice replaces Scalia, there’s little chance that the nation’s highest court will strike down ANY of these egregious 2A infringements.

You might also think that Donald Trump could break the deadlock in favor of a gun rights-supporting Supreme Court justice. Not saying he would — I have no faith in Mr. Trump’s political inclinations — but he could. If he wins the presidency. With The Donald’s poll numbers falling both overall and amongst key demographics (e.g., Republicans), election victory is looking more and more like a pipe dream (or nightmare, depending on your perspective)…. read more here