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So any future gun deaths in California are officially SCOTUS' fault for enabling this.
Pretty much. After they gutted the first half of the amendment, it was only the right to “keep & bear,” and open carry is simply “bearing arms.”
No. Not specifically SCOTUS. This has been a team effort. Conservatives have been working on this for decades. SCOTUS is just the final step. The blood will be on the hands of all republicans whose votes allowed this to happen.
Democrats aren't completely blameless either. This was a group effort, and a rare bipartisan move by both parties.
I mean Obama expanded gun rights during his presidency, specifically lifting restrictions for Amtrak and national parks.
Yes, but the occasional support for gun rights among democrats is nothing like the monolithic support for it from the GOP. Pointing out this failing on Obama's part is like pointing out a rain drop falling in the ocean.
You seriously think banning open carry is going to stop someone from shooting people?
Oh boi ....
How many mass shootings do you hear about in Europe?
That has less (or nothing) to do with open carry and more to do with tighter gun laws in general.
Tighter gun laws is the exact opposite of open carry.
Yes, but your original comment is acting like not having open carry is the reason why shootings are less in Europe when its the tighter gun laws in general that prevents shooting incidents.
Last I checked the U.S. isn't Europe and pretty far from it.
The number of people who commit shootings often do so with illegal firearms or otherwise violating some firearms laws.
Banning open carry is not the solution. It may be part of a solution but it would not be sufficient.
Being part of the solution is one step towards a complete solution and certainly better than doing nothing at all.
Sometimes.... Government is awash in unintended consequences for passing shitty "won't somebody think of the children" type laws.