U.S. gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings [View all]

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Ronald Brownstein
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Important look at how GOP majority on #SCOTUS, amid mass shootings & strong majority public support for key gun restrictions (bans on assault weapons/high capacity magazines) is preparing to cripple blue state ability to regulate guns
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latimes.com
U.S. gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings
Recent mass shootings have spurred new calls for gun regulations. Experts say the exact opposite is coming.
5:26 PM · May 26, 2022

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-25/mass-shootings-renew-calls-for-stricter-gun-laws-experts-say-the-opposite-is-coming

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“Even absent action by the Supreme Court of the United States, the demonstrated reaction of red states in particular to atrocities like what just occurred in Texas and what just occurred in Buffalo — what was it, last week? — is not to actually reconsider or even consider any sort of gun regulations, but ever more expansive gun rights,” Miller said.

Miller was one of several law professors who filed what’s known as an amicus brief with the high court in the New York case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. vs. Bruen, in which they argued against a far-reaching decision suggesting that any gun regulation not grounded in early U.S. history is unconstitutional.

The case began when two men who live near Albany, N.Y., applied for concealed weapons permits but were turned down by a county judge who ruled they did not “face any special or unique danger.” They sued, along with the rifle and pistol association, arguing that the ruling violated their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense.

Miller said a broad ruling in the plaintiffs’ favor would throw into question a slew of restrictions that the vast majority of Americans approve of, such as restrictions on carrying guns on airplanes or subway cars, or restrictions against domestic abusers carrying firearms.

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