We have another gun case headed to the Supreme Court. It’s a viable challenge to New York’s transport ban, brought by a credible plaintiff, and supported by competent litigators.
But that’s not the one in the news. Instead, we have faux outrage that SCOTUS won’t hear Kettler v. United States, a case in which one idiot sold illegal silencers to another idiot, got busted, and wants to waste everyone’s time and money appealing his conviction. The lawsuit was brought by everyone’s favorite incompetents at Gun Owners of America (GOA), and I’m thankful the court chose not to hear it.
Let’s rewind. A few years ago, several states passed “Firearms Freedom Acts,” laws which claimed to exempt their citizens from federal gun regulations. Kansas passed their version in 2013. From a theoretical standpoint, these laws set up an interesting debate between federal and state power to regulate firearms, and they might provide a challenge to the overbroad application of the Commerce Clause. Continued...