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Obama nominates anti-gun judge to the Supreme Court
« on: March 16, 2016, 11:36:45 AM »
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/03/daniel-zimmerman/breaking-president-obama-nominates-merrick-garland-supreme-court/

President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he has chosen Merrick Garland, chief justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Antonin Scalia.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/obama-scotus-nominee-announcement-live-134637234.html

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Re: Obama nominates anti-gun judge to the Supreme Court
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Re: Obama nominates anti-gun judge to the Supreme Court
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2016, 08:16:08 PM »
NRA Opposes Nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court

“With Justice Scalia’s tragic passing, there is no longer a majority of support among the justices for the fundamental, individual right to own a firearm for self-defense. Four justices believe law-abiding Americans have that right – and four justices do not. President Obama has nothing but contempt for the Second Amendment and law-abiding gun owners. Obama has already nominated two Supreme Court justices who oppose the right to own firearms and there is absolutely no reason to think he has changed his approach this time. In fact, a basic analysis of Merrick Garland’s judicial record shows that he does not respect our fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. Therefore, the National Rifle Association, on behalf of our five million members and tens of millions of supporters across the country, strongly opposes the nomination of Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court.” Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20160316/nra-opposes-nomination-of-merrick-garland-to-the-us-supreme-court

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Merrick Garland
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2016, 11:03:35 AM »
Seems to me like Obama wants to limit firearm rights via Supreme Court justices.  Nominating this guy is the icing on that cake.

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Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’

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President Obama tried to tap a moderate to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but he ended up picking a fight with powerful Second Amendment groups that say Judge Merrick Garland has shown antipathy toward gun rights.

In one 2000 case, Judge Garland, who sits on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, upheld a Clinton administration effort to store gun-buyers’ records.

Later in the decade, he joined other judges in a failed bid to reconsider the landmark case that would eventually establish the Second Amendment’s protection of a personal right to bear arms.


“This is probably the most anti-gun Supreme Court nomination in decades,” said Brian Rogers, executive director of America Rising Squared, a conservative group conducting opposition research on Judge Garland.......

Read the rest here:  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/16/merrick-garland-has-very-liberal-view-gun-rights/
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