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Originally Posted by ham385
Stupid question...I should have payed attention in 5th grade. Heres what I remember. The Legislative branch makes the laws, the courts interpret it.
From what I understand, once the court rules, the only way to change that is to appeal to a higher court or change the law.
What happens if the SC decides it's not an individual right? Is that it then? From now until the end of time, individuals have no right to keep and bear arms?
There's no higher court, and I think it's going to get awful chilly in hell before anyone 'revises' the constitution.
From what I understand, popular opinion says it is an individual right. If the worst happens, is there no way to reverse it?
Somebody please tell me I'm wrong...I'm scaring myself.
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In the unlikely even that the US Supreme Court says there is no federal individual right to keep and bear arms, the federal gov't could more severely regulate guns under the commerce clause (like they do with NFA stuff) if they felt like it. Either the feds leave it alone and leave it to the states as they have been or the hysterical left steps in and we get sweeping federal laws.