Reference: https://www.theepochtimes.com/ny-attorney-general-seeks-to-dissolve-nra-in-lawsuit_3452673.html
Kudos to the New York Attorney General for her Hail Mary in trying to dissolve the NRA because of purported violations of New York law governing public charities. While that case likely goes nowhere in the end – or if she does prevail the NRA will just incorporate someplace else like Delaware or the Cayman Islands, so nothing is really gained – it is good to see that the NRA and its nutty-as-a-fruitcake members (including our deceased father – sorry Dad) haven’t intimidated everyone in the country. The NRA (and its ilk) is a bunch of narcissistic gun nuts espousing the phony theory that the United States Constitution grants every person the right to have and run around with guns with no limitations whatsoever. For example, there is nothing both as sensible, and as inconsequential to a legitimate purchaser, as a background check and waiting period before buying a gun so mentally deranged and/or career criminals don’t get guns, at least legally. But the NRA and its bullies (oops, members and lobbyists) fight such milquetoast requirements tooth and nail and threaten politicians with cancellation if they oppose this sacred right.
The worst decision of the Supreme Court in generations was District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled for the very first time, well over 200 years after the Constitution was written, that “[t]he Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.” 554 U.S. 570, (2008). Since the Second Amendment expressly refers to firearms for a militia, the reasoning in that case is completely specious, which is why it took almost over 50 pages of bald rationalizations to arrive at the desired result. This decision is intellectually bankrupt, like most court decisions trying to justify their social policy bases rather than adhering to the actual law. See, for example, how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court tortured history for another almost 50 pages in ruling that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry. Goodrich v. Department of Mental Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003). Both cases are prime examples of the judiciary making public policy under the guise of an exhaustive (and highly selective) pseudo-history lesson. As a general principle, which we have arrived at after almost 30 years of practicing law, it is usually the case that the longer a decision is on a controversial issue, the more intellectual gyrations and disingenuous rationalizing the court had to go through to arrive at the desired result.
While we are no friend of the New York Attorney General since she also thinks the police shouldn’t arrest people who have outstanding warrants for certain issues discovered during routine traffic stops, see https://nypost.com/2020/09/25/ag-letitia-james-recommends-nypd-no-longer-conduct-traffic-stops/, she is certainly correct in viewing the NRA (and its minions and copycats: Gun Owners of America, Second Amendment Foundation, Pink Pistols, Commonwealth Second Amendment, Firearms Policy Coalition, etc. etc.) as a pox on our society and a huge contributor to gun violence, whether they want to admit it or not. Of course, then only criminals will have guns, right? What fatuous nonsense. That hasn’t been the case in virtually every other country in the world, most of which severely restrict guns yet don’t suffer anything remotely close to America’s rate of gun shootings and deaths.
Many of these outfits sued Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker challenging bans on the operation of gun stores and shooting ranges during the Covid19 pandemic, claiming they were essential businesses and protected by the Second Amendment, like all we had to do was get a gun and shoot the virus and it would just keel over, die, and henceforth leave us alone. A copy of this fatuous nonsense is available at www.FPCLegal.org. If the pot shops were closed, and the nail salons, why should gun shops be open? This foolishness has also reared its ugly head in these numerous BLM protests, where both protesters and counter-protestors now come armed to the teeth and several people, including police officers, have been shot, some to death. Yes, let’s hand out guns to everyone! Surprisingly, as far as we know, no one has yet suggested that the federal and state governments should subsidize gun purchases so that everyone can have one, regardless of their economic situation. And food stamp type benefits for ammunition. Maybe that is the way to go.
Well, we won’t have to worry about the overpopulation problem anyway. You think the pandemic killed a lot of people? Just wait.