Re: Good News on the 2A Front

On 2025-02-07 11:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 From the White House:
 Section 1. Purpose.
 The 2nd Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty. It
has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our
families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great Nation. Because it
is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans, the right
to keep and bear arms must not be infringed.
 Section 2. Plan of Action
 (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall
examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements,
and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing
infringements of the 2nd Amendment rights of our citizens and present a
proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor,
to protect the 2nd Amendment rights of all Americans.
 (b) In developing such proposed plan of action, the Attorney General shall
review, at a minimum:
 (i) All Presidential and agencies' actions from January 2021 through January
2025 that purport to promote safety but may have impinged on the 2nd Amendment
rights of law-abiding citizens;
 (ii) Rules promulgated by the Department of Justice, including the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, from January 2021 through January
2025 pertaining to firearms and/or federal firearms licensees;
 (iii) Agencies' plans, orders, and actions regarding so-called "enhanced
regulatory enforcement policy" pertaining to firearms and/or federal firearms
licensees;
 (iv) Reports and related documents issued by the White House Office of Gun
Violence Prevention;
 (v) The positions taken by the United States in any and all ongoing and
potential litigation that affects or could affect the ability of Americans to
exercise their 2nd Amendment rights;
        (vi) Agencies' classifications of firearms and ammunition; and
 (vii) The processing of applications to make, manufacture, transfer, or export
firearms.
 

Wow! I'll bet THAT is going to be controversial at the very least! It will surely cause many, many meltdowns among those who are convinced that gun laws are keeping them safe.

 Plus a federal judge in Mississippi just ruled that the federal ban on
full-auto machine guns is unconstitutional.
 

In normal circumstances, I'd fully expect to see the DOJ appeal that all the way to the Supremes if necessary. But these are NOT normal times: Trump is doing a major reset of pretty much everything the federal government does. The federal judge in Mississippi may have made this ruling to curry favour with Trump.
Does Trump have the power to repeal all the current regulations unilaterally and permanently? Or is he just going to keep writing executive orders that could be reversed the next time the Dems hold the presidency?
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Rhino