No, Gun Control Wouldn’t Have Prevented The Latest Trump Assassination Attempt
If policymakers and advocates are serious about reducing such incidents, the focus needs to shift toward measures that directly address the factors involved.If policymakers and advocates are serious about reducing such incidents, the focus needs to shift toward measures that directly address the factors involved.Spanberger Won’t Decide Fate Of Gun Control Bills Until After Virginia’s Gerrymandering Referendum
Increasingly unpopular Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has deferred consideration of several extreme gun control bills until after the state’s referendum on Democrats’ gerrymandering scheme. The all but certain political move by the commonwealth’s leftist governor was announced Tuesday, when Spanberger revealed that she had sent the bills in question back to the Democrat-run General Assembly […]Liberals increase their stranglehold over Wisconsin Supreme Court — which now has ties to Planned Parenthood
Liberals seized majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2023 — their first majority on the Badger State's high court in 15 years. That majority was firmed up with Justice Susan Crawford's win last year following the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
Wisconsinites dashed conservative dreams of a more balanced court on Tuesday by increasing the liberal stranglehold over their state's high court in a landslide election.
'We will keep fighting for our courts because they are that important.'
With over 95% of the votes in, Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge and former Democratic state legislator Chris Taylor had secured 60.1% of the total. Her Republican-endorsed opponent, Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar, secured 39.8% of the total vote.
Abortion was a key issue during the race. Taylor, a former policy director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, is, after all, a hardline abortion activist.
The 58-year-old liberal authored a bill in 2017, for instance, that claimed "every woman has the fundamental right to choose to obtain a safe and legal abortion." The bill, which failed to pass, would have barred the state from preventing a woman from procuring an abortion "at any time during her pregnancy" if deemed necessary to "protect her life or health."
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Taylor, who was endorsed by various pro-abortion groups, also celebrated after the state supreme court invalidated Wisconsin's 1949 law that banned most abortions.
Taylor reportedly said last year that she would not recuse herself from a case just because it dealt with abortion.
Lazar, who previously enjoyed the support of pro-life groups and called the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs "very wise," accused Taylor of being a "judicial activist." Taylor, in turn, claimed that her opponent would bring "an extreme, right-wing political agenda to the bench," reported the Los Angeles Times.
In addition to pushing the abortion agenda during her time in the state legislature, Taylor also championed curbs on the Second Amendment, demanding universal background checks, gun purchase waiting periods, and other so-called gun safety measures.
Whereas Taylor raised over $6.2 million over the course of her campaign, Lazar netted only around $1.2 million, reported the Courthouse News Service.
"The fight is not over," Lazar said in her concession speech. "And that we will keep fighting for our courts because they are that important."
Moving forward, the court will be skewed 5-2 for liberals. NBC News noted that it could get even worse: Next year, liberals could potentially pick up another seat on the bench as conservative Justice Annette Ziegler is not running for a third term.
Taylor, who will begin her 10-year term in August, is taking the seat of retiring Justice Rebecca Bradley, a Republican-aligned conservative justice who helped strike down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' order to postpone an election because of COVID-19 and condemned lockdown measures.
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Democrats Love Gun Control And Violent Criminals Because Both Can Punish You
Democrats don’t want to put terrorists in prison or deport illegal aliens, but they’d love an excuse to put you away on a gun law technicality.Appeals Court Rules D.C.’s Gun Magazine Restriction Is Unconstitutional
'Because these magazines are arms in common and ubiquitous use by law abiding citizens across this country, we agree ... that the District’s outright ban on them violates the Second Amendment.'Virginians oppose Richmond's war on the Second Amendment: Poll
Afforded a trifecta in November and no longer kept in check by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin's vetoes, Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are poised to greatly limit gun rights in the state.
They are working to advance, for instance, a ban on the sale, purchase, manufacture, transfer, or importation of so-called "assault firearms" and magazines capable of holding over 10 rounds; a bill that would establish a five-day waiting period for all firearm sales; legislation that would impose an 11% tax on the purchase of any firearm or ammunition in the state; and a bill that would further limit where law-abiding Virginians can carry a gun.
'Someone feels that they have the right to infringe upon this.'
The Second Amendment's would-be curtailers in the General Assembly of Virginia — a state with the official motto Sic Semper Tyrannis, "Thus always to tyrants" — have a champion in Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), who made clear on the campaign trail last year, "I will sign commonsense gun violence prevention bills."
It turns out that Virginians are less than enthused about the Democratic regime's gun agenda.
A survey conducted from Feb. 16 to 17 by Quantus Insights found that registered voters overwhelmingly oppose the legislative proposals now being considered in Richmond.
Eighty-four percent of respondents agreed that "the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental freedom protected by the U.S. Constitution," and 65% agreed with the statement that "gun control laws mainly make it harder for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves, while criminals ignore the laws anyway."
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When asked about a ban "on commonly owned firearms labeled as 'assault weapons,'" 60% of respondents signaled opposition. Only 33% said they would support such a ban.
Sixty percent of Democrats and 15% of Republicans said that they would support a ban.
When asked about a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds — a prohibition built into the Democratic bill passed by the state House in a 58-34 vote earlier this month — 58% of respondents signaled opposition.
An even greater percentage of respondents, 65%, said they opposed the proposed 11% state tax on firearms and ammunition.
Law enforcement leaders are among the loudest critics of the gun-control laws proposed by Democrats.
Amherst County Sheriff LJ Ayers, for instance, said in a video statement on Wednesday, "The Second Amendment grants us the right to bear arms — to protect ourselves, our homes, our property; to go with our children, our family, our friends out hunting, to enjoy God's given nature — and someone feels that they have the right to infringe upon this."
Ayers stressed that such efforts were "appalling" and emphasized that the Democratic legislation will only impact law-abiding citizens, not the criminals who'll inevitably find workarounds.
WSET-TV reported that sheriffs in Campbell, Henry, Appomattox, and Bedford Counties have similarly spoken out against the proposed gun-control laws.
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Two cases pending before SCOTUS give the justices the opportunity to stave off Virginia Democrats' seemingly unconstitutional gun control proposals.SCOTUS Scolds Hawaii For ‘Relegating’ Americans’ Second Amendment Rights To ‘Second-Class Status’
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