By: Anthony Morelli
It was a bad day at the Supreme Court for gun rights supporters.
They handed down a ruling that could destroy the Second Amendment.
And now the gun control lobby is celebrating this stunning Supreme Court victory.
America’s court system has become so polarized that when hot-button issues like guns come before a court, there can sometimes be wildly different rulings from different courts.
Unfortunately, it appears that the Nevada Supreme Court is stacked with anti-gun activists who are hostile to the Second Amendment and to gun owners.
A state ban on so-called “ghost guns” came before them, and many gun owners were hopeful that this clear violation of the Second Amendment would be overturned and their rights would be restored.
After all, many recent cases, such as the Bruen case at the federal level, have expanded gun rights and brought the law closer to the original intent of the Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
But the Nevada Supreme Court turned out not to be nearly as friendly to the cause of Second Amendment rights, and they handed a victory to the gun control lobby by upholding the ban.
According to the Caledonian Record, “Nevada’s Supreme Court upheld a state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court’s ruling that sided with a gun manufacturer’s argument that the 2021 law regulating firearm components with no serial numbers was too broad and unconstitutionally vague.”
“The gun law had previously been struck down by Lyon County District Judge John Schlegelmilch, who ruled in favor of a legal challenge by Nevada-based gun manufacturer Polymer80 Inc. that said the statute was too vague.
“Among other things, Polymer80 argued, terms such as ‘blank,’ ‘casting,’ and ‘machined body’ were not defined, while ‘unfinished frame or receiver’ failed to specify what a ‘finished’ frame or receiver is.”
The Nevada Supreme Court had a tremendous opportunity to do the right thing and support the Bill of Rights, which they are sworn to uphold.
But instead, they decided to be activists and ignore the Bill of Rights in favor of their own political views.
The article continues, “In upholding the statute, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision that the language that lawmakers approved and then-Gov. Steve Sisolak signed was ‘readily’ understandable through ordinary usage and common understanding.”
Gun grabbers are extremely excited about this outcome. Nevada’s Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford was quoted as saying the ruling “is a win for public safety and creates sensible, practical measures to protect Nevadans from violent crime.”
It’s unlikely, of course, that Ford actually cares much about violent crime. Politicians across the country have refused to prosecute violent crime in inner cities in recent years.
The truth is that people like Ford are just uncomfortable with guns. They didn’t grow up around them and they find them to be intimidating and frightening.
But instead of educating themselves about a topic they don’t understand, they simply try to ban it.
And unfortunately, Nevada’s Supreme Court has given them license to do just that.