Pasco theater shooting case heads to 'stand your ground' hearing

[friendly_iconoclast]

32. The avoidance of awkward questions has been both assiduous and obvious

It's what happens when a deep dislike of guns and gun owners meets the realization that to plainly state
the opinion that multiple Supreme Court opinions are not binding would serve to give political top cover to
right-wing efforts to shit on the parts of the Constitution that *they* don't like.

For that reason, I would strongly urge Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey 'take a dive' on
the following:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172202180

NRA files lawsuit over ban on assault weapons in Mass(achusetts)

...because what is used against Heller and McDonald, if successful, would certainly be used
against Roe v. Wade and Lawrence v. Texas.

Playing the "We can defy settled case law because reasons" is not a game Democrats should be playing,
no matter how strongly held their "religious beliefs". It is a two-edged sword that the GOP would be
happy to use against us.