{"id":135004,"date":"2020-10-14T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=135004"},"modified":"2020-10-14T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:03:04","slug":"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don&#8217;t Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB-1024x596.png\" alt=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\" class=\"wp-image-135005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB-1024x596.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB-400x233.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ACB.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foes against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett will line up this week to disparage only the fifth woman nominated to the nation\u2019s highest court. The test balloons have been floated, including attacks on her faith, her family and now, predictably, her view on gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her foes don\u2019t fear Judge Barrett. They fear the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They just know Judge Barrett will follow it. She\u2019s vowed to faithfully apply the law as it\u2019s written, not to twist it to a pre-determined end to satisfy a political agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political Misdirection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The gun control cabal showed their cards. Over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.)&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/sen-chris-coons-amy-coney-barrett-has-extreme-disqualifying-views-confirmation-push-constitutes-court-packing\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\">told<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, \u201cI\u2019m going to be laying out the ways in which Judge Barrett\u2019s views, her views on reaching back and reconsidering and overturning long settled precedent are not just extreme, they\u2019re disqualifying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Coons went as far as to say President Donald Trump was attempting \u201ccourt packing\u201d by fulfilling his constitutional duty to nominate an appointee to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. Yet, Sen. Coons was silent on former Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s refusal to say what he would do with Democratic demands to pack the court after the election, even after Biden repeatedly dodged questions of whether voters deserve to know his intentions on court packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo they don\u2019t\u2026.\u201d Biden&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-voters-deserve-packing-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\">said<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m not gonna play his game, he\u2019d love me to talk about, and I\u2019ve already said something on court packing, he\u2019d love that to be the discussion instead of what he\u2019s doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal Stalwart<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Barrett\u2019s opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee emphasized her commitment to originalism or interpreting law as it was written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was the content of Justice Scalia\u2019s reasoning that shaped me,\u201d Judge Barrett\u2019s&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/520531-amy-coney-barrett-to-tell-senators-courts-should-not-try-to-make-policy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\">statement reads<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cHis judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were. Sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added, \u201cI believe Americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written. And I believe I can serve my country by playing that role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/forbes-infographic-countries-with-the-most-firearms-in-civilian-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\">Forbes Infographic: \u2018Countries With The Most Firearms In Civilian Hands\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Barrett\u2019s dissent on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ca7.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&amp;Path=Y2019\/D03-15\/C:18-1478:J:Flaum:aut:T:fnOp:N:2309276:S:0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><em>Kanter v Barr<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, in which she disagreed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, quoted Justice Thomas Alito\u2019s opinion in&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/09pdf\/08-1521.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><em>McDonald v Chicago<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, noting the court \u201ctreats the Second Amendment as a second-class right.\u201d This is strikingly similar language used by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch when they vented their frustration at the Supreme Court\u2019s refusal to grant review in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/16pdf\/16-894_p86b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><em><strong>Peruta v California<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;in 2017 and wrote that it \u201creflects a distressing trend: their treatment of the Second Amendment as a disfavored right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Their Worst Fear<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A fifth Supreme Court justice that is ready and willing to apply the Second Amendment as it is written is a frightening scenario for gun control advocates. It\u2019s not that gun control fears Amy Coney Barrett. They fear that Judge Amy Coney Barrett respects the law. Shannon Watts, who heads the billionaire-gun control mogul Michael Bloomberg\u2019s gun control enterprise Moms Demand Action,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2020\/09\/28\/trump-court-nominee-amy-barrett-risks-gun-safety-progress-column\/3555056001\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><strong>melted down<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;at the idea that Judge Barrett would examine legal text and commit to following the law when deciding Second Amendment opinions and any other cases. Kris Brown, of the gun control group Brady United Against Gun Violence,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/10\/09\/921713631\/gun-control-groups-voice-grave-concerns-about-supreme-court-nominee-s-record\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><strong>told NPR<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;she had \u201cgrave concerns\u201d of Judge Barrett\u2019s commitment to law over ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/10\/politics\/barrett-second-amendment-supreme-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\">reported<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that Steve Vladeck, a CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, said the seating of Judge Barrett to the Supreme Court could usher in a renaissance of Second Amendment cases, despite the Court&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/scotus-frustrates-again-on-second-amendment-rights\/#:~:text=But%20the%20Framers%20made%20a,arms%20for%20self%2Ddefense.%E2%80%9D&amp;text=this%20Court%20declared%20%5Bin%20McDonald,' target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"%E2%80%9D\">rejecting<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;10 pending reviews earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt seems likely that the confirmation of Judge Barrett would remove that uncertainty and open the pipeline to a flurry of cases, perhaps ranging from the constitutionality of criminal [non-violent] felon-in-possession statutes to large-capacity magazine bans,\u201d Vladeck explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no shortage of cases working their way to the Supreme Court. Two cases are pending review in California, one at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, that could have profound impacts.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/opinions\/2020\/08\/14\/19-55376.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><em>Duncan v Becerra<\/em><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;challenges California\u2019s ban on standard capacity magazines, a law which was struck down by District Court Judge Roger Benitez and upheld when appealed by California\u2019s Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The other,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/firearmspolicycoalition\/pages\/5381\/attachments\/original\/1600895333\/2020-9-23-ca-miller-order-mtd.pdf?1600895333\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. They Fear the Law\"><em>Miller v Becerra<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, challenges California\u2019s ban on modern sporting rifles (MSRs). Judge Benitez denied Attorney General Becerra\u2019s motion to dismiss that case, which will move forward and be heard. Judge Benitez wrote of the law banning MSRs in his order denying dismissal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf ever the existence of a state statute had a chilling effect on the exercise of a constitutional right, this is it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Barrett\u2019s opponents don\u2019t fear her. They fear the law and her commitment to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-gun-control-foes-dont-fear-judge-amy-coney-barrett-they-fear-the-law\" title=\"NSSF: Gun Control Foes Don't Fear Judge Amy Coney Barrett. 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