They can only be impeached for things like showing up for work drunk, or corruption, etc. The exact wording the Constitution uses is “Good behavior” as the qualification of a judge, which means that “bad behavior” is the only reason one can be removed. No serious person asserts that the legal decisions of a judge could be construed as “bad behavior”.

So, like I said, there is NOTHING we can about a judge after they have been confirmed.

The real battle needs to be fought in the public as well. Too many people have an unreasonable fear of firearms in general and are open to infringing RKBA out of fear. We need somehow to increase peaceable and open use of firearms in order to get the public perception of arms in the hands of the people re-oriented to its rightful place.

I’m so glad that I decided to join GOAL here in Massachusetts when I also re-upped with the NRA. It’s really hard to overstate how important GOAL has been here in MA in terms of providing information, cameraderie, by organizing events for gun owners and their families, and keeping everyone up-to-date on the current state of play in the MA legislature. And what a great bunch of people:

I was talking with one of their directors the other day because my Dad is signing up as a member as well, so that he can go through the licensing process and take a GOAL-sponsored course, and I realized again how much I lost (and willfully forgot) when I was a Teenage Moonbat, by buying into all the anti-gun stereotypes. These people are really your neighbors, your friends, and they come from all walks of life and are just some of the best and most pleasant and levelheaded people we have here in Massachusetts. They come from both political parties — GOAL is not a monolithic Republican Party bastion here by any stretch of the imagination. It’s just a pleaure to be associated with them.

So my advice to people everywhere in the country is to find an organization like GOAL in their home state, get out to their events, meet their families, and enjoy. Don’t be afraid to wear that NRA hat or your local organization’s t-shirt, and don’t be shy about telling people that you’re a 2nd Amendment supporter. It’s about walking the walk, not just talking the talk.

I’ve found that people appreciate that, particularly the uninformed or the misinformed. I’ve had quite a few conversations in the past year when I realized the truth had just dawned on the person I was talking to: “This guy’s an LTC holder, he’s a ‘gun nut’. And he’s also a nice person with a warm smile and a sparkling conversationalist. Boy was I wrong.”

Get out there and do your jobs, and be yourself, people! And have fun!

I’m not really a fan of incorporation in general and the 14th Amendment has been more of a headache than anything, but if they are going to incorporate one, then they should incorporate all of them. Agreed, Kowalski, Heller was a good first step, but only a first step. If McDonald goes well (or even if it doesn’t), we need to press the fight on concealed and open carry, changing Title III laws, and opening the full-auto registry.

The real battle needs to be fought in the public as well. Too many people have an unreasonable fear of firearms in general and are open to infringing RKBA out of fear. We need somehow to increase peaceable and open use of firearms in order to get the public perception of arms in the hands of the people re-oriented to its rightful place.

In Massachusetts, the ultimate final arbiter in the issuance of License To Carry credentials (which come in two vastly different forms, Class A and Class B) are individual Chiefs of Police.

That’s correct: when the police department in your locality gets a new Chief, that person becomes the single most important authority determining who will be issued a license to carry a firearm (which in Massachusetts is very strictly defined and really means: ‘handgun’) and what restrictions will be placed on that applicant. It turns the process of getting licensed in the Commonwealth into a completely subjective affair: even if you dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s and have a clean record and pass the background checks, your local Chief can (and often does) simply refuse to issue the license, or can issue it with restrictions that severely constrain it.

I think that in any other area of the law that this kind of subjectivity would be laughed out of court, but in Massachusetts it is the law of the land — and that is why it’s very important for gun owners to be involved locally, particularly when the Chief of Police is up for replacement in their town.

The Court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, recognizing the Second Amendment as an individual right, moved the battle over gun rights from the legislatures to the courts. That set the stage for gun owners to enter the judicial wars. The decision to review McDonald puts the future of gun rights back squarely in the Supreme Court, reinforcing the conviction among gun owners that their fate is now in the hands of judges and that their continued involvement in the judicial confirmation process is vital.

There is nothing more vital than the participation of the tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners in this country, particularly at the state and local levels. The NRA and its legal arm, the NRA-ILA are the single best sources for national (and often state and local) information, but they’re no substitute for being engaged in your communities, aware of who is running for what, and being willing to make your voice heard.

D.C. vs. Heller wasn’t an endpoint, it was a beginning — it altered the landscape of 2nd Amendment activism and it’s important that people don’t wipe their brows and think, “Well, that finished it. Now I can go back to not being too involved, not keeping my NRA membership current, not attending meetings at my local gun club, not examining the records of the local and state politicians up for election, not caring about who my judges are.” In fact just the opposite is true.

“We conclude the case should be resolved by determining
whether the petitioners were free as adults to engage in
the private conduct in the exercise of their liberty under
the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution.” Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)

Caution: liberals will try to derail this conversation by changing the subject to sodomy, or homosexuality, or accusing conservatives of engaging in same. Whenever they change the subject, it is a signal that they realize they just lost the argument. Watch. They will even argue this point, about whether this is an “argument”, or anything to avoid the point being discussed.

And all the legitimate arguments concerning gun control and its effects on violent crime amount to opinion…… that the left really just doesn’t want to hear. They do not carry the force of law. So guns will no doubt still be regulated to an extent that makes gun ownership such a pain in the butt that only a small percentage of people will be willing to jump through the necessary hoops.

And, of course, they’ll still, no doubt, be able to ban “certain” guns. You know, the scary ones, with detachable magazines that you don’t have to cock each time you pull the trigger. The “black rifles”.

I think it’s about time we started hollering “racism” every time someone puts forth a bill to ban “black rifles”.

Too late, as always.

“Oh, he can grab the handguns, as long as I get to keep my hunting rifle. And his people have said he won’t hurt my long guns.”

Drooling morons.

But if this does go the Democrat way, there will be war.

Heck, the courts have even ruled that the amendments that specifically apply to Congress are applicable to state & local governments as well. There is no basis for them to say the 2nd amendment, which is a blanket amendment, is somehow not applicable to state & local governments.

The facts are, for her and any other member of the SCOTUS, they don’t have to explain or justify jack squat to anyone, once they are past Senate confirmation.

Now, if you wanted to say that Obama’s future nominees will have more explaining to do based on how his first one rules, then I could buy that.