Trump picks Amy Coney Barrett.

[blues]

That's one mark on the + side.

[WobblyPossum]

I’m always happy to see another textualist/originalist appointed to the Court. I do hope the Democrats do not respond by “packing” the Court should they manage to take the Senate and White House though. We need some time with this makeup of 9 justices to see if any gun control nonsense gets crushed.

[blues]

I’m always happy to see another textualist/originalist appointed to the Court. I do hope the Democrats do not respond by “packing” the Court should they manage to take the Senate and White House though. We need some time with this makeup of 9 justices to see if any gun control nonsense gets crushed.

The fact that the Dems want to do this, despite a large majority of Americans polled being against it, is reflective of how far out of touch they are with American values...and that they don't care. It's all about pushing through their agenda whether the people want it or not. Sound familiar?

[WobblyPossum]

The fact that the Dems want to do this, despite a large majority of Americans polled being against it, is reflective of how far out of touch they are with American values...and that they don't care. It's all about pushing through their agenda whether the people want it or not. Sound familiar?

Let’s just say I’m glad that the President is separately elected and not chosen by a coalition of legislators, and I’m not excited about what the future holds.

[peterb]

The fact that the Dems want to do this, despite a large majority of Americans polled being against it, is reflective of how far out of touch they are with American values...and that they don't care. It's all about pushing through their agenda whether the people want it or not. Sound familiar?

That line of argument can cut both ways.......

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The latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey finds that 89 percent of Americans favor expanded background checks for gun purchasers; 76 percent support "red flag" laws to identify dangerous persons and deny them guns, and 75 percent favor a voluntary buyback program in which the government would purchase firearms from current owners. Sixty-two percent of Americans favor a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national...or-gun-control

[blues]

That line of argument can cut both ways.......

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The latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey finds that 89 percent of Americans favor expanded background checks for gun purchasers; 76 percent support "red flag" laws to identify dangerous persons and deny them guns, and 75 percent favor a voluntary buyback program in which the government would purchase firearms from current owners. Sixty-two percent of Americans favor a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national...or-gun-control

Well, at least my flintlock and blunderbuss will be safe.

[ccmdfd]

Well, at least my flintlock and blunderbuss will be safe.

Only if you can't attach a bayonet to either of them. Otherwise they become an assault Flintlock or assault blunderbuss.

[olstyn]

https://www.usnews.com/news/national...or-gun-control

That article is more than a year old. I wonder if the poll numbers have changed any, given the events of 2020. I also wonder what % of the poll respondents are actually well educated on the topic. I imagine the answer to the % question is depressing.

[OlongJohnson]

Sixty-two percent of Americans favor a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons.

Seventy-three percent* of Americans don't know what semi-automatic means when describing a weapon.







*Made-up statistic, but probably close.

[Joe in PNG]

Seventy-three percent* of Americans don't know what semi-automatic means when describing a weapon.



*Made-up statistic, but probably close.

Pretty much how professional polling works anyway.