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Who said war? I said a divorce. Also, much of the area of Colorado isn't blue, so that's not a huge problem.

Well, yeah, we'd lose some military bases. We'd keep some military bases. Obviously we'd lose stuff, but we'd also lose the commies, which is the greatest win possible.

I'd be fine with that. Like greater Idaho would be a good example.

America really should split, IMO. we can have a gungrabber abortion happy socialist country, and a based country. You get a few years to choose where you want to live, then you are stuck. A national divorce.

The issue with special carve out is that they fracture a movement. It's a way to stop actual gun rights grassroots activism by appearing to grant them.

Not for concealed carry they don't. The only thing even remotely close is the MG registry and the FFL, neither of which has to do with concealed carry.

I'm going to disagree. First, that Federalizes CCL, which is a bad idea. Second, it gives credence to the idea that the military is somehow the 'militia' from the 2nd amendment. And also, in a just world, there would be no MG registry nor CCL.

IIRC, Coolidge was actually pretty solid, it was Wilson.

Hogg with the rare W:

This I think I'm fine with agreeing to disagree. It's a mostly semantic issue, I find it useful in mindset to always consider the government illegitimate, so then when a minarchist government tries to expand, it can't use its legitimacy as an argument. Constantly looking at government as an...

Absolute. I don't believe in 'legitimacy' of governments on a fundamental level. I view them as at best a necessary evil. I also don't think that any major government existing right now rises to the level of being a mostly necessary evil. Most of governments is just a bunch of redistribution...

No government is legitimate. Remember, your government hates you. Some governments are just less evil than others. And California is aiming for a gold in evil.

The navy, yes, is the basis of American military power projection and hugely important the the countries defense... but.... the ATF lets them attack political enemies and arrest them. I know which one they need more, but which one do you think they value more?

Unlikely. Basically, the Supreme Court keeps giving decisions that make attempts to evade their previous ones harder and harder to justify. Look, not everything comes at once, but Bruen has already crippled a lot of gun control.

They do have authority to declare law unconstitutional (in fact, nearly any court can). Specifically, what happens is that the defendants are enjoined (legally prohibited) from carrying out the law (the law actually is still a law, just one that everyone is prevented from carrying...

... are we rooting for the feds here? Uergh, just feels wrong...

Yes, but the draft, as horrible as it is, can only be done subject to Congress' authorization: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8 It has pre-authorized it for selective service, but that isn't all of the US Adult population. It also goes further into the militia...

No, or at least hopefully not. If so, then Biden could argue that the adult population needs to serve active duty now (as head of the militia), and then force them to get vaccinated just as a starter. This leads to bad places, I bet. Which is why I doubt it, but then IANAL, so I could be...

The delay does have real value though. If it can delay the final rule another 2 years (really 1 and a half) we can get congress + a president to literally nope the rule permanently.

Not honestly a big issue. Yes, the DOJ frequently has an opinion that differs from SCOTUS, that isn't new (for example, anytime they lose a case at SCOTUS). They aren't saying they are going to try to violate it or anything, just a generic announcement that they disagree. This is a nothing...