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Originally Posted by ChamberedRound
We shouldn't need to be popular, or hold the majority, to have our rights protected; that's a founding principle of our government.
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exactly. gura did what he needed to and should have done to win this case for his client...and, if he does win, it is a big step forward for gun rights.
but, the problem is not gura. the problem is the supreme court.
they have abandoned their post...not only on the issue of the 2nd amendment, but in many cases since at least the time of FDR.
they are supposed to read the consitution and make the rest of the government abide by it...regardless of whether or not that is the popular opinion...and also even if the decision *appears* to go against the best (short-term) interests of our country. (the truth, of course, is that what is in the best long-term interest of our country is always, always, always, to uphold the consitution...regardless of the short-term ramifications--which are, frankly, often figments of the imaginations of the ignorant and often brainwashed masses anyway)
that is all the supreme court is suppose to do. they are the enforcers of the constitution. if they do not do that, there is no one else to do it. they have the most important job in our government, and they are failing miserably to perform it.
but, given that environment, gura did what he needed to do.