Tester Leads Charge for Gun Rights in Another Supreme Court Case

Senator Jon Tester is leading the charge in Congress to ensure that all law-abiding Americans have the same rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment.

Tester teamed up with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to support gun rights in its upcoming McDonald v. The City of Chicago case.

The Supreme Court recently agreed to make a decision in McDonald v. Chicago. Justices will determine whether state and local governments have the right to pass their own laws restricting firearms.

Tester and Hutchison are writing a friend-of-the-court brief in favor of gun rights.

The Second Amendment guarantees gun rights for all law-abiding Americans, no matter where they live, said Tester, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmens Caucus. Im glad Republicans and Democrats are working together to tell the Supreme Court we expect it to stand up for our gun rights in this important case.

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[BOOLsheet]

yeah, i agree thats wrong, but that doesn't mean as a conservative one should preach all this nonsense about states rights, going back to the founding vision of what our country is supposed to be, upholding the true or original american values, and then turn around themselves and do something clearly contradictory to those things just because they think it's a good idea. neither liberals nor conservatives appear to be willing to stick to original meaning if it means going against their own views

[jacobew2000]

The problem with this debate is that liberals invoke federal rights to override states rights on abortion, and then turn around and say that the federal government shouldnt regulate Marijuana and to leave it up to the states. The liberals are very much jumping from federal to state to federal depending on the situation to push their socialist agendas.

[BOOLsheet]

so remind me again why conservatives dont like legislating from the bench but would like it if the supreme court once again overstepped its bounds and applied, for the first time, the 2nd amendment to the states? i mean, the mistake of incorporation has been made what, 7 times so far? why keep inching it closer to 10?

[RetSquid]

"NOT the original"

That is why I said that 'it MADE it possible'. It should be up to each State in most cases, but there are valid arguments on both sides about that.

[BOOLsheet]

as interpreted by hugo black..that was NOT the original understanding of the 14th amendment...just ask justice scalia; the people who adopted the 14th amendment did not understand the 14th amendment to apply the bill of rights to the states.

[RetSquid]

The 14th Amendment made it possible to extend (some of) them to the States.

[BOOLsheet]

the bill of rights was originally understood only to apply against the federal government. it should be up to the states ;)

[rungy07]

Thank you Senator !!!

[uxcitme]

Well said.