I am confused

I like to think that I have a modicum of intelligence, but sometimes I see things that just make no sense to me.

Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States threw out a New York law that required a person to prove they had a "proper cause" for getting a permit to carry a concealed gun.

Clarence Thomas wrote majority decision Photo: https://conservativefighters.org

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority, stating

We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need. That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion. It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant's right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self defense.

Of course, leftists across the country are having fits. Even though the Second Amendment of the Constitution specifically says

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,

a number of people feel that state and local governments should be able to write laws that restrict that right. Kamala Harris tweeted:

Vice President Kamala Harris

@VP

Today's Supreme Court ruling on guns is deeply troubling as it defies commonsense and the Constitution. Lives are at stake. Congress should pass the bipartisan gun safety proposal immediately and continue to do more to protect our communities.

12:18 PM · Jun 23, 2022·Twitter Web App

 

How does that violate the Constitution?

 

New York Governor Kathy Hochul slammed the decision, claiming that it puts people in danger.

 

Does this make any sense?

 

The good governor said

Does everyone understand what a concealed weapon means? That you have no forewarning. That someone could hide a weapon on them and go into our subways, go into our grocery stores up in Buffalo, New York where I am from, go into schools in Parkland or Uvalde. This could place millions of New Yorkers in harms way.

The Manhattan subway shooter was in New York City -- known for its strict gun laws. The Buffalo grocery store shooter was in New York State, also known for its strict gun laws. These shootings happened on your turf Governor with the restrictions that heretofore were in effect. What did those laws do other than let the shooters know that they would face no opposition?

The schools in Parkland and Uvalde to which you refer are gun free zones. No law abiding person would have been able to enter without breaking existing laws. Both those shootings continued while the first police on the scene cowered outside except for one Uvalde officer who tried to rescue his wife but was disarmed and detained. In other words, those police that leftists have not succeeded in defunding proved to be useless in protecting the most vulnerable.  

Is Governor Hochul familiar with the case Castle Rock v. Gonzales where the Supreme Court ruled that police are under no obligation to protect individuals?

In 2016, John Stossel did a video outlining the issues with getting a gun permit in New York City.

 

Peons need not apply.

 

What it all boils down to is that leftists are upset that the Supreme Court said that something that the Constitution specifically says is what the Constitution specifically says.

Meanwhile, leftists have their knickers in a knot about how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization may result in overturning Roe v Wade. They say that Roe is established case law and therefore carved in stone never to be overturned. Apparently they think Plessy v Ferguson should still be applied and that Brown v Board of Education was an illegitimate decision. If not then they are upset that the Supreme Court ruled that something that the Constitution does not specifically says is not specifically said in Constitution.

Currently, the only thing that applies to Federal laws regarding abortion is found in the Tenth Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The contradiction befuddles me.