It’s long been a bone of contention to pro-2A people that some states in the union believe that they have the right to supersede the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. Of course, one of the most common violations of the Bill of Rights is the violation of the Second Amendment by preventing law-abiding Americans from being able to arm themselves or carry their firearm on their person.
It’s absolutely appalling.
And a case came up recently in one state in which a non-resident was the victim of a road rage incident, had to show her firearm (She did not point it at anyone or fire it, just showed it) to stop her attacker, and, then, law enforcement in that state arrested her for having a firearm because they only allowed people to have firearms in that state if they could meet qualifications that there was absolutely no way for this lady to meet.
It’s the kind of situation that anti-2A advocates dream of: being able to use indirect means to completely withhold the 2A rights of a person for no reason other than that they think that you shouldn’t be allowed to have a gun.
Absolutely absurd.
Fortunately, this lady didn’t take things sitting down, and she filed a lawsuit. That lawsuit is now on the docket to come before the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with the lawsuit, multiple organizations have filed briefs in support of this lady against the state that violated her Second Amendment rights, as well as 24 state attorney generals, led by the attorney generals of Virginia and New Hampshire.
To give you an idea of how solid this lady’s case is, Virginia and New Hampshire don’t have reputations for being hardcore 2A states (or, at least, their politicians don’t), yet, those two states are leading that brief of state attorney generals because the violation of this lady’s rights was so blatant and over-the-top.
And if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of this lady, it could set the stage to force every other state in the Union (yes, including California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, and every other anti-2A state) to go full constitutional carry or, at the very least, require reciprocity with every other state (including constitutional carry states like my own).
To give you more details about this case, you can watch the video from Washington Gun Law’s William Kirk below.
Do you see how the situation in this case is giving the best chance to 2A supporters to win this court case?
This case has real potential to really push back the efforts of anti-2A zealots, and I’m here to watch that happen with glee.
This is one to keep an eye on.