Rights for Me but not for Thee

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s dissent in McDonald v. City of Chicago: “In sum, the Framers did not write the Second Amendment in order to protect a private right of armed self-defense. There has been, and is, no consensus that the right is, or was, ‘fundamental.’ No broader constitutional interest or principle supports legal treatment of that right as fundamental. To the contrary, broader constitutional concerns of an institutional nature argue strongly against that treatment.” (Emphasis added.)

According to the Associated Press: “A member of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s security detail shot an armed man during an attempted carjacking in the early morning hours.  The deputy pulled out his department-issued gun and shot the man about four times, hitting him in the mouth.”

More per the Associated Press.  Per a Secret Service press release: “Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital. The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV.”

SCOPE note: Unoccupied vehicle.  They shot to protect property which would have broken a New York State law if it occurred in NY.

Ammoland reports that U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo) spent nearly $1 million on private security for herself out of campaign funds.  She is a strong gun control and defund the police advocate.

SCOPE note: The Washington Examiner reports that: "Squad" Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) is facing a competitive Democratic primary…with the release of a new poll that shows her trailing by 23 points to her challenger.” 

Will the Democrats run on more gun control for thee but continue to be protected by armed guards?  Bet on it.