Justice Scalia dead

[Bmac]

I have to agree. What people don't realize about England and Australia is that by the time their firearms confiscation laws went into effect, the % of people who owned guns was already miniscule. If you can get the legal gun owners to down below about 5 - 10 % (and I think 10% would be difficult) then you can pass whatever laws you want restricting guns but as long as anywhere between 35 - 50% of Americans own guns ore belong to families of gun owners (while not necessarily being gun owners themselves) there's no confiscation scheme that has a chance in hell of being implemented.

It's more likely that liberals who want to eventually ban guns will simply try and put more and more roadblocks in front of gun ownership because over time this will cause gun ownership to diminish incrementally: Background checks requirements, restrictions on who you can transfer to and what you can transfer, etc. But it will take decades if not a couple of centuries to diminish gun ownership to the point where confiscation is an option.

I lean towards this train of thought, also. More quiet gun ownwers than loud liberals, and it's a huge money maker.

But it did indeed get much more real.

[Great-Kazoo]

True.

I think all this hand-wringing is fruitless right now, we have to wait and see what happens.

Use your hand-wringing energy to take an inventory of whatever it is you think will be impacted later, if you don't have enough to suit you buy some more. As I have said before, if you're worried about guns don't buy a big screen tv, buy a gun instead or ammo or reloading stuff. You don't need a tv, you're gonna need a rifle.

How much longer do you want us to wait
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/who-w...213450996.html

Obama’s shortlist includes Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit; Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor who spent one year as Obama’s acting solicitor general; Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Solicitor General Don Verrilli; and former Attorney General Eric Holder

Former radical race agitator AND a director who said we can vet syrian refugees carefully . What was it 2-3 days before San Bernadino.. My bad that was Obama saying that in response to questions about terrorist getting by the "vetting system" In the long run, our current flag will end up having holes similar to the one that flew over Ft Sumter . YMMV (your magazine may vary)

[roberth]

How much longer do you want us to wait
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/who-w...213450996.html

Obama’s shortlist includes Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit; Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor who spent one year as Obama’s acting solicitor general; Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Solicitor General Don Verrilli; and former Attorney General Eric Holder

Former radical race agitator AND a director who said we can vet syrian refugees carefully . What was it 2-3 days before San Bernadino.. My bad that was Obama saying that in response to questions about terrorist getting by the "vetting system" In the long run, our current flag will end up having holes similar to the one that flew over Ft Sumter . YMMV (your magazine may vary)

Not long eh? The son-of-a-whore is moving fast on this one, almost as fast as setting a tee time.

Of course the list is full of prime examples of the most foul examples of leftist jurisprudence, something the communists excel at.

[Bailey Guns]

We could probably do a lot worse than Srinivasan. I don't know a lot about him but I know he was a very popular Obama appointee that received a 97-0 vote in the senate confirmation to the appeals court. According to Wiki he clerked for O'Connor but also worked for Gore. He's no Scalia. But then, few if any of that caliber are out there.

ETA: Found this in a NYT article (I know, I know...):

When Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, asked whether Mr. Srinivasan believed that the Constitution was a “living document,” the nominee was circumspect. Many Tea Party conservatives, like Mr. Cruz, believe that adherence to the Constitution’s original meaning is sacrosanct. Mr. Srinivasan replied, “I would say no. The Constitution has an enduring, fixed quality to it.”

[Aloha_Shooter]

We could probably do a lot worse than Srinivasan. I don't know a lot about him but I know he was a very popular Obama appointee that received a 97-0 vote in the senate confirmation to the appeals court. According to Wiki he clerked for O'Connor but also worked for Gore. He's no Scalia. But then, few if any of that caliber are out there. ETA: Found this in a NYT article (I know, I know...):

Not sure I believe it. Kagan was circumspect about the topic of same-sex marriage when she was going through confirmation then came out and basically said she'd rule for it after she was installed. Sotomayor was similarly circumspect about how she'd rule on hot-button issues. To be fair, Roberts was similar on liberal hot-button issues but I think it's clear Roberts has ruled for liberal issues more often than Sotomayor or Kagan have ruled for conservative issues.

[Bailey Guns]

Not an endorsement. Just an observation about a possible, even likely, nominee. I haven't been able to find any real "red flags" on him yet...other than he worked for Gore.

[Gman]

Cibolo Creek Ranch owner recalls Scalia’s last hours in Texas

"We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bedclothes were unwrinkled," said Poindexter.

That sounded really odd to me.

The body of the Supreme Court justice was moved to an El Paso funeral home early Sunday.

The body was driven from Marfa and arrived around 2:30 a.m. at Sunset Funeral Homes, according to spokesman Chris Lujan.

Lujan said the funeral home was chosen by family of the justice, and at the advice of a family friend.

The El Paso County medical examiner's office said they hadn't received any information regarding the possibility of performing an autopsy.

This also sounded odd to me.

[buffalobo]

Not an endorsement. Just an observation about a possible, even likely, nominee. I haven't been able to find any real "red flags" on him yet...other than he worked for Gore.

What other flags needed? I would think the fact that Obamalamadingdong wants to appt him would be enough.

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[GilpinGuy]

I am willing to bet a 12 pack of shitty beer that Oblablahblah will get his nominee in before the election.

I can see the fucktard Rs in Congress and those running for POTUS being afraid of looking looking bad while "obstructing" His Highness's appointee and caving....again. And that's exactly how the media will portray it from this day forward: "Do nothing, obstructionist Republicans!!" For the next 9 months. Awesome.

The future of America be damned, as long as I get elected and get set for life! Both sides say this too. I have such little faith in the political system anymore.

Damn, I'm starting to sound like my grandfather.

[Bailey Guns]

OK...here's something to think about.

Obama resigns. Biden is sworn in. Biden nominates Obama to SCOTUS.