The delay came after Miranda Viscoli, executive director of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, had warned the legislation was “legally vulnerable and likely to backfire.” “By passing a ban this broad, we are handing the U.S. Supreme Court a perfect opportunity to deliver a definitive, nationwide ruling against state-level firearm restrictions,” Viscoli told The New Mexican last week. [More]
For now.
Let the Republicans blow the midterms and the Epstein brouhaha hand over the presidency in ’28, and we’ll see a whole new SCOTUS shortly thereafter bent on torpedoing Heller, McDonald and Bruen.
[Via Jess]
I find it at least comforting that the grabbers have their own internal “it’s too soon, we’ll lose!” lobby, like we had for years when the NRA was actively trying to torpedo cases like Heller and McDonald.