{"id":770,"date":"2017-02-23T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/02\/23\/comment-of-day_23\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:27:31","slug":"comment-of-day_23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Comment Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8729,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/231517&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241108140259\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/231517&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 07:51:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 04:36:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 03:17:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 03:17:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8001,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/the-4th-circuit-has-gone-to-hell-in.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250917200753\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/the-4th-circuit-has-gone-to-hell-in.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 02:33:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 04:36:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 01:53:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 01:53:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8730,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/the-kardashians-of-politics.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\/features\/231517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The comment of the day comes from Jim Shepherd of the Outdoor Wires<\/a>. He concludes his discussion of the 4th Circuit&#8217;s majority opinion in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2017\/02\/the-4th-circuit-has-gone-to-hell-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kolbe v. Hogan<\/a><\/i> with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>But don&#8217;t forget, that if this silly ruling were to survive, it wouldn&#8217;t be much of a reach- at least for lawyers and legislators- to extend the withdrawal of protections to everything from bolt action rifles and pump shotguns (trench guns in World Wars I &amp; II and Vietnam) to the venerable cowboy action lever guns carried by the U.S. Army in the 1800s.<\/p>\n<p>Will this one head to the Supreme Court?<br \/>\nProbably.<\/p>\n<p>But with the District of Columbia and Chicago still thumbing their noses at the high court after rulings that should have repealed their oppressive anti-gun regulations, what real difference would it make?<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to protecting the enumerated right defined in the Second Amendment, the United States Supreme Court isn&#8217;t just divided.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s toothless.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<p>Why should any state or local official be concerned with the &#8220;supreme court&#8221; and its rulings if the court itself lacks the conviction to compel compliance?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Unenforced rules aren&#8217;t rules, they&#8217;re suggestions.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nJim is absolutely correct. The Supreme Court has had multiple opportunities to reinforce and correct misinterpretations of their rulings in Heller and McDonald. Every time they have blinked and let them go unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Palette was correct<a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2017\/02\/the-kardashians-of-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> to call Supreme Court nominations &#8220;the Kardashians of politics&#8221;<\/a>. By extension and given their reluctance to take another Second Amendment case, I&#8217;d call the justices themselves &#8220;the Kardashians of politics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comment of the day comes from Jim Shepherd of the Outdoor Wires. 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