Now that Scalia has died, are gun-lovers feeling...

[DonP]

86. I think it's really cute how excited the gun control fans are

Not a thing has changed in the law of the land, but they have all come out from wherever they have been hiding and snarking for the past 10 or 20 years ... of doing and accomplishing nothing. Now they are all as excited as a middle schooler going to the big dance. Well, I guess grave dancing is an Olympic level sport on DU.

Of course they won't personally be joining any gun control organizations or sending their own money to back up their excitement with real support. Oh, and don't expect any of them to actually show up at protests or take time off to meet with legislators.

They think that now have the ultimate "Magic bullet" in a yet to be named SCOTUS justice, so they can once again go back to being couch potato online warriors as long as someone else does all the heavy lifting.

They act like any time now Heller will be thrown out and McDonald reversed. "Stare Decisis be damned let's see some progress". I wonder if they'd feel the same way if the situation were reversed and suddenly there was a conservative majority on SCOTUS? Would they be as excited and concerned that Roe, the ACA and Gay Marriage would be reversed immediately?

Oh wait, there was a Conservative majority and they didn't reverse or block any of those?

But why wait and see who is actually named and what their judicial track record is. There are a hell of a lot of appellate judges named by Clinton and Obama that have made pro gun decisions since Heller. The chances of a truly hard core gun control supporter getting through the Senate, no matter how much they might wish for one, are nil and/or zilch.

But It's the only chance these poor folks have had to celebrate anything in 20 years. So keep throwing the streamers and confetti and check back in a year or two. I'm sure they'll let us know when Concealed Carry is repealed in all 50 states, semi autos declared actual weapons of war and the 2nd is declared unconstitutional.