Frank Ettin
Administrator
"..if we flat out won..."? That is just not going to happen. We could win big in Heller and there will still be anti-gun forces out there pressing us and pressing for "reasonable regulation" consistent with the "compelling state interest" and "strict scrutiny" standards applicable to regulations related to constitutional rights.
There will always be people who are afraid of guns. There will always be a significant number of people who think that private citizens ought not to be able to own guns. There will always be people who believe that the ability to wield force should be the sole province of the state (and criminals). There will always be significant anti-gun pressure. And there will always be fights about regulation. First Amendment free speech and free assembly rights are well established and entrenched, and yet there continue to be laws enacted that are subject to challenge as violating the First Amendment; and there continue to be substantial and significant freedom of speech and freedom of assembly litigation.
Flat out winning is not an option.
There will always be people who are afraid of guns. There will always be a significant number of people who think that private citizens ought not to be able to own guns. There will always be people who believe that the ability to wield force should be the sole province of the state (and criminals). There will always be significant anti-gun pressure. And there will always be fights about regulation. First Amendment free speech and free assembly rights are well established and entrenched, and yet there continue to be laws enacted that are subject to challenge as violating the First Amendment; and there continue to be substantial and significant freedom of speech and freedom of assembly litigation.
Flat out winning is not an option.