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SCOTUS, the Second Amendment, and the Election – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By |2020-10-31T06:52:23-07:00October 31st, 2020|2A, 2nd Amendment, Blog, Constitutional Rights, Courts and the Second Amendment, General Gun Owner Community, Gun Rights, Politics, San Diego County Gun Owners, SDCGO, Second Amendment, Voting|

“May you live in interesting times”. Whether intended as a curse or a blessing I believe we are here. The following addresses three subjects that make our times interesting. Amy Coney-Barrett was recently confirmed to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) by a vote of 52-48. Justice Coney-Barrett is arguably one of the most qualified justices to […]

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The 2nd Amendment is on the Ballot November 3rd – How Will You Vote?

By |2020-10-16T05:26:13-07:00October 16th, 2020|2A, 2nd Amendment, Blog, Constitutional Rights, General Gun Owner Community, Gun Owner, Gun Owners, Gun Rights, News and the Media, San Diego County Gun Owners, Second Amendment, Voting|

With the presidential election only weeks away, we find the Second Amendment (2A) prominently on the ballot. The positions of each candidate regarding the Constitution in general, and the 2A in particular, are starkly disparate. The results of this election could change the direction of the country even more profoundly than the 2016 election did. […]

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The Analogy with Voting Reveals a Concern

By |2020-09-08T14:49:15-07:00September 8th, 2020|2A, 2nd Amendment, Activism, Advocate, Blog, Constitutional Rights, General Gun Owner Community, Gun Owner, Gun Rights, San Diego County Gun Owners, SDCGO, Second Amendment, Voting|

A Guest Post by Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., Orange County Gun Owners Board Member I’ve written here before cautioning our use of words in Second Amendment activism (See A Caution About Words in Second Amendment Activism). We need to be as concerned with crafting our arguments as we are with safely handling firearms. Words are […]

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