re: #127 Anymouse 🌹

It is possible with the exhaustive body of legal theory behind imposing legal requirements on cars and drivers (one of the most restricted actions one can do in public), those arguments could be used in reining in the extremist libertarian interpretations of the II Amendment (and for the same reason: the carnage is becoming unacceptable).

The NRA right now is in the same position as the AAA and the American Wheelmen’s Association (now defunct), arguing for absolutist rights without responsibility. When public opinion turned against the auto clubs, they started losing in court.

Public opinion is now turning against the NRA.

What’s particularly interesting is that gun violence is actually down overall since the crime spike of the 1980s/early 1990s. Mass shootings, however, are way up. Suicides are actually rather constant though trending up in recent years. (source).

The gun violence carnage is finally catching up with the NRA after decades of the NRA preventing meaningful action.