The annual U.S. firearm suicide rate in 2022 increased to the highest documented level since at least 1968, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The second amendment had a very different meaning before Heller. Scalia went against his entire fucking schtick of “originalism” in that case to completely ignore historical precedence because it was convenient at the time. When nobody seemed to try to stop him, or really give a shit at all, he realized he didn’t even need to pretend to be consistent.
The second amendment had a very different meaning before Heller. Scalia went against his entire fucking schtick of “originalism” in that case to completely ignore historical precedence because it was convenient at the time. When nobody seemed to try to stop him, or really give a shit at all, he realized he didn’t even need to pretend to be consistent.