That’s because the NRA fought against Parker. We would have lost.
The guy who started Parker doesn’t even own a gun. He didn’t care if we won or lost.
More than that, N.R.A. said loudly that they did not want a Supreme Court decision because even if they won, it would prove to be a floor to build more regulations instead of a ceiling to stop building them. What we’ve got now is a major city, Chicago, arguing that incorporation only involves the rights they choose to incorporate. We’ve got a D.C. city law that still bans the gun Heller wanted to register. We’ve got the most important right of citizens dependant on the myth that government must be involved in doling it out.
N.R.A. said that it wanted to change peoples’ minds and make them see that the second amendment secures an essential right. It worked. The timeline of shall issue laws demonstrates it clearly, as well as the timeline for castle doctrine laws and stand your ground laws.
That’s not good enough for some people. When the government actually does something that benefits shooters, on one of the extremely rare occasions that it happens, Wayne LaPierre is expected to stick his thumb in Harry Reid’s eye. Sometimes I think that gun owners are the greatest threat to gun owners in this country.