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At the same time, it indicated that many kinds of gun regulations are permissible.

Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms, Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, wrote for the majority.

The question the justices agreed to decide in Wednesdays case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, No. 20-843, was whether the states denial of petitioners applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.

But the issue of restricting guns in sensitive places got a lot of attention at Wednesdays argument. Chief Justice Roberts asked Mr. Clement, for instance, whether states could say youre not allowed to carry on a university campus.

He said, I think the answer to your question is yes.

Justice Kagan seemed to think that was an important concession. You know, anybody can walk around the N.Y.U. campus, she said, referring to New York Universitys many buildings in and around Greenwich Village.

Mr. Clement responded, to laughter, that N.Y.U. doesnt have much of a campus.

Justice Kagan disagreed, as did Justice Breyer. To my mind, he said, to more laughter, I think NY.U. does have a campus.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked about the masses of people who sometimes gather in Manhattan.

Cant we just say Times Square on New Years Eve is a sensitive place because now weve seen, you know, people are on top of each other? she said. Weve had experience with violence, so were making a judgment, its a sensitive place.

Ms. Underwood said that Times Square is, at least in the absence of a pandemic, always crowded. When commerce is in full swing, she said, Times Square almost every night is shoulder-to-shoulder people.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a plan to end gun violence. The fatal shooting of a police officer has gripped not only his city's residents but people over the United States.

This shooting is the result of the most consequential misinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution by the U.S. Supreme Court in American history.

A well-regulated militia means just that. Its well organized and practices gun use that is consistent with armed forces training.

But in the most controversial misinterpretation of the Second Amendment, the late Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the 2008 decision for the District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms.

Mayor Adams is fighting not only gun violence. Hes fighting this enormous misinterpretation of the Second Amendment.

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Today, February 1st, theOregon Legislature begins the 2022legislative session.With the start of session, anti-gun legislators have again begun pushing policies that do nothing to prevent crime and only target law-abiding gun owners. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to stay alert and contact their legislators in opposition to Senate Bill 1577.

Senate Bill 1577 would ban 3-D printed guns, however the billis so poorly written that it confuses undetectable firearms with 3D printed guns. This bill is the ultimate solution in search of a problem. Undetectable firearms have been banned under federal law for 30 years.This is nothing more than political theater. However, because of poor bill drafting, this bill could have serious unintended consequences for hobbyists who engage in the lawful home manufacture of firearms.

As in 2021, thelegislaturecan expect to see both pro and anti-gun agendas this year.Gun owners and sportsmen throughout the state must stay actively involved to defend freedom.

Your NRA will continue to fight to promote and protect your right to keep and bear arms and hunting heritage.Our members remain the most powerful political force in American history, and together, we will secure the Second Amendment for present and future generations.

Please continue to checkwww.NRAILA.organd your email inbox for NRA-ILA alerts on the latest action items. NRA-ILA will keep you updated on Second Amendment and hunting-related legislation.

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Perhaps the best example came in Duncan v. Bonta, a Second Amendment case decided last November by the en banc Ninth Circuit. VanDyke again found himself at odds with his colleagues, this time over Californias virtual ban on large-capacity magazines. Like other federal circuit courts that have considered similar laws, the majority applied intermediate scrutiny and upheld the restrictions. Judge Patrick Bumatay, one of the courts other conservative members, wrote a lengthy dissent explaining why he thought the Ninth Circuit should abandon the balance-of-interests approach. Instead, he argued, judges should evaluate whether restrictions are rooted in the text, tradition, and history of the Second Amendment.

VanDyke, writing separately, said he largely agreed with Bumatays dissent. So why write his own? He wanted to complain that he thought his colleagues were possessed maybeby a single-minded focus on ensuring that any panel opinions actually enforcing the Second Amendment are quickly reversed. In VanDykes eyes, the majority of our court distrusts gun owners and thinks the Second Amendment is a vestigial organ of their living constitution. He described mass shootings as a statistically very rare harm, akin to airplane crashes, and less lethal overall than car crashes, which kill far more people each year.

Though he engaged with the majoritys legal arguments, he also accused them of operating under their personal biases against guns, and urged the Supreme Court to tighten its Second Amendment rulings to deprive them of any discretion. Ultimately, it is not altogether surprising that federal judges, who have armed security protecting their workplace, home security systems supplied at taxpayer expense, and the ability to call an armed marshal to their upper-middle class home whenever they feel the whiff of a threat, would have trouble relating to why the average person might want a magazine with over ten rounds to defend herself, he opined.

This time, his attacks on his colleagues drew a response. In footnotes in her opinion for the court, Judge Susan Graber turned his comparisons to car crashes and plane crashes against him. A ban on large-capacity magazines cannot reasonably be considered a ban on firearms, she explained, any more than a ban on leaded gasoline, a ban on dangerously designed gas tanks, or speed limits could be considered a ban on cars. And while she agreed on the rarity of airplane crashes, she noted that legislatures recognize that the serious harm caused by even a single crash justifies extensive regulation of the industry, similar to the social and personal impact of mass shootings.

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Last week, Supervisor Otto Lee ignored community outpouring and voted for a new jail (County to move forward with new $390M jail, Page B1, Jan. 27).

Four and a half years ago I was homeless. I have bipolar and I was without medication. A situation happened where the police showed up but so did an ambulance. Instead of going to jail, I went to the hospital.

From there I started receiving treatment. After a lot of rehabilitation, guidance, and work, I have housing, I have medication, Im back in school, and I have direction in my life. I have hope. I hate to think what could have happened if I had ended up going to jail for a mental health issue.

Rehabilitation does not happen in jails, it happens in social services.

I urge readers to call Supervisor Lees office to ask him to change his vote to no on a new jail and yes on alternatives to incarceration.

Andrew SieglerSunnyvale

Re. S.J. gun law is ripe for defeat in court, Letters to the Editor, Page A8, Jan. 28:

I applaud Mayor Sam Liccardo and the San Jose City Council for their courageous vote for gun control. This will save lives and educate and redirect potential gun violators.

Gun lovers love to quote the Second Amendment, which they think gives them individual gun rights. It states that a gun owner needs to be part of a well-regulated militia.

There is an inverse relationship between strict state laws and gun deaths. California is No. 1 in strict gun laws, No. 44 in gun deaths in 2019; Mississippi is No. 48 in laws, No. 2 in deaths. When Sunnyvale passed its strict gun ordinances in 2013 they were sued by the NRA; the NRA lost.

Every day we hear about another shooting. Lets change that.

Myra OrtaLos Altos

The Jan. 31 article A fight over rooftop solar (Page C9, Jan. 31) highlights the dangerous philosophy of PG&E the more electricity they sell, the more money they make, and rooftop solar is a threat to that.

With federal climate change action stuck in Congress, we cant afford to undermine rooftop solar in California. The benefits are clear:

Homeowners save money and make better conservation decisions.

The utilization of available square footage on rooftops means less development of lands for solar farms, protecting natural ecosystems.

Thats more efficient, flowing electricity direct from your rooftop into your home, or pulling it across hundreds of miles of transmission lines and substations?

The big business approach of PG&E has resulted in California having some of the highest electricity rates in the nation while causing some of our worst disasters. Make electricity rates more equitable, but PG&E has to support a distributed resourcemodel.

Tom CalderwoodLos Gatos

Re. Tennessee school district bans book about Holocaust, Jan. 27:

With the wave of book banning going on in many red states, to say that Im relieved to be a teacher in California is an understatement.

This is my first year of teaching, and I simply cannot imagine being restricted in my ability to present my students with perspectives that will make them more inquisitive, empathetic, knowledgeable, and yes, uncomfortable. That is the nature of education.

As my colleague puts it, When youre banning books, youre banning voices.

Jacob LafargaSacramento

Congressional leaders, notably House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, advocate legislation that invites war by squelching negotiations between the two nuclear superpowers while militarizing Ukraine for $500 million.

The Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act (H.R. 6470 and S.3488) sanctions Russians, given significant escalation even without invasion.

Opposing Moscow regarding NATO membership becomes a non-negotiable policy.

America pledged NATO would not advance one inch east of a unified Germany (1990). We reneged, staged an anti-Russian Ukraine coup in 2014, and now arm and train Ukrainians.

How is Ukraine our business any more than Cuba was USSRs business in 1962? Soviet missiles panicked JFK. Putin fears NATO aggression.

As invaders of Iraq, Vietnam, Korea and elsewhere, we lack the moral authority to be world cops.

The UN Charter(signed in San Francisco) requires settling disputes peacefully (Articles 2 and 33). Preparing for war brings war.

Jeannette Hassberg, Paul W. Lovinger and Grace TeresiOfficers, War and Law LeagueSan Francisco

Will Bunch asks if we Americans will choose silence when we learn the truth that our former president is guilty of criminal acts (Trumps criminal acts will America care? Page A7, Jan. 26).

Sadly, we Americans have watched Donald Trump obstruct justice, commit treasonous acts, attempt to corrupt the results of a proven fair election in 2020, and then call upon his followers to overtake the halls of Congress in support of his big lie. Twice we watched the Senate decline to impeach him.

If our elected leaders who have sworn to uphold our Constitution have allowed Trump to get away with his illegal actions thus far, is there any wonder that we would expect anything different of American citizens? Truly, the man is made of Teflon, and has proven he is above the law.

Gen StonerSan Jose

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