Grouchi
I agree that the attack on this country, by the insurrection at the capitol, on January 6 will give a substantial amount of fuel on the gun control fire. And, that which will reinforce that is individuals who, after the 6th, have appeared at State capitols armed with displayed AR-15 and AR-15 type semi-automatic rifles.
One must ask why any of these events occurred. We all know that assaulting a police officer is a criminal act and if any of those so acting on the 6th have any knowledge of what makes up this country and its checks and balances know that the reason with have our Separation of Powers Doctrine is to prevent any one of the three branches from acting only as the other two branches are authorized to act.
But for the insurrection, it was clear to me that, with Justice Barrett, that any law put into place to severely restrict the Second Amendment would be overturned by then Supreme Court. Now, because of the insurrection and that citizens of the United States of America would actually carry such an act out, that belief has been shattered. Like me, Barrett is a Christian. As a Christian abhorrence of that which would be or is a lynch mob comes without saying. Thou shalt not kill.
As a criminal defense lawyer who is considered - by certain national legal organizations - as among the top 100 criminal defense attorneys of the State of New York, I have seen many, many cases and some where members of a mob who did not think the real violence of killing would occur, saw that in that environment the not serious words of killing became actual words of killing. Now a cop and four others are dead. A legal analysis, with the facts of the 6th, means some and perhaps many or all will ultimately be charged with felony murder. And, the fantasy, that Trump won the election and that they say that is what they believed, will not fly. Tune in to Court TV and of you watch it enough you will see many who raise such defenses get convicted.
Frankly, openly carrying a gun to a state capitol has only one purpose, intimidation. That is what prosecutors will hammer home to a jury and or a judge. We all know that. And, we all know that Trump lost. Just look at Georgia, a Republican controlled state. Now, Trump says those Republicans fixed the election that they controlled. What sane person would ever believe that.
So, now there needs to be a display of sanity with guns, by expression and not demonstration. That, I believe, may mitigate, to some degree, all of the actions that have provided huge fuel to those who would weaken the 2nd Amendment.
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