Less than a month from the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in consolidated cases concerning so-called “assault rifle” bans, 11 state governors expressed their solidarity with the gun-grabbers.
Last Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) added her name to leaders who want to ban the most popular sporting rifles in the U.S. She claimed a connection to the simmering issue.
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“Combating gun violence is personal to me,” Hochul said. “Four years ago, I stood with neighbors in my hometown of Buffalo after a hate-fueled gunman used an assault weapon to terrorize innocent New Yorkers. It is unconscionable that our highest court would consider striking down a law designed to keep communities safe from this kind of horror.”
Next month, the High Court will hear arguments in the consolidated cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins. Hochul and her fellow governors implored justices to throw out the undeniable fact that semi-automatic rifles are in “common use.”
A blanket prohibition of such constitutionally protected items has no grounding in the nation’s historical tradition of gun laws.
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Instead, the issue cries out for clarity that the Supreme Court should provide. Fundamental freedoms whittled down to nothing are not what the nation’s Founders envisioned when they specifically enumerated these core principles.
Hochul’s writing and that of her colleagues leaned heavily on emotion, noting “grieving families, exhausted first responders, and community members working to rebuild.”
Important considerations to be sure, but the brief fell short of offering solutions that work.
What it shied away from was assigning responsibility to a class of criminals with no regard for human life or the sanctity of private property. As long as these predators get free passes in and out of the justice system, law-abiding citizens should be supported in their efforts to protect loved ones.
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