Connecticut Already Planning on Going Around Viramontes Outcome

It’s not often that the Supreme Court shocks people. We already know where the justices stand on many issues, so we can guess where they’ll go from there. Sure, the odd surprise happens, like a 9-0 decision against Mexico’s lawsuit against the gun industry, but it’s not the same as thinking the decision will go one way, only for it to go another.

Because of that, we already know that the Supreme Court is likely to kill assault weapon bans throughout the country. They haven’t even started hearing the case, obviously, but we already kind of know where they’ll fall.

And Connecticut lawmakers do, too. While talking about a rough week for anti-gunners, one thing became pretty obvious. Connecticut doesn’t intend to learn from its mistakes.

The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the Connecticut case for Dec. 2, after which it will issue a decision before its term ends in June or July. 

Meanwhile, the Trump administration will move forward with certain proposals that remain pending, including the rule allowing guns to be sent through the mail, and could propose additional changes.

In Connecticut, lawmakers have sought to stay ahead of federal changes by tightening state gun laws however possible. Earlier this year, after the Trump administration eased regulation on forced-reset triggers, which let semiautomatic rifles fire more quickly, Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill banning the sale of these devices.

[Stacey Mayer, director of advocacy, policy and outreach for the advocacy group Connecticut Against Gun Violence] said she hopes lawmakers will continue strengthening Connecticut’s gun laws in response to federal changes. If the Supreme Court overturns the ban on semiautomatic weapons, she says, state lawmakers would likely introduce some sort of new law along similar lines.

“Should the law get overturned, we will go to the legislature and figure out how we can be sure to keep our community safe,” Mayer said. “Our post-Sandy Hook framework has made us one of the safest states in the country, and we really want to make sure that remains the case.”

To be fair, there have been some lower years since Sandy Hook, but let’s not get carried away here. The 10 years before Sandy Hook had a homicide rate average of 3.24 per 100,000 people, and for the 10 years after, it dropped to 3.11 per 100K. They didn’t exactly crack the mystery of stopping killers, no matter what they claim.

In other words, it was one of the safest states in the country before they banned so-called assault weapons, and when they lose before the Supreme Court, they’ll still be ahead of most other states.

That’s because this is Connecticut. It’s not known for drive-by shootings and gangland mentalities. It’s known for garden parties and freezing weather.

But it’s troubling, if unsurprising, that the anti-gunners there are already looking to find a way to renew their ban, even after the Supreme Court tells them it’s unconstitutional.

I know SCOTUS isn’t supposed to take stuff like that into account, but I sincerely hope the eventual decision lowers the boom hard enough that no one can figure out how to get around it.

Editor’s Note: The radical Left will stop at nothing to enact their extreme gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.

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