[Jack Hammer]

I can see you’re an optimist.

There are, actually, a great many judges who take their job seriously.

[Cboldt]

Yeah, well, the federal (Circuit) courts have no problem with Washington DC's registration scheme, which is onerous (IMO), and have also upheld bans on "assault weapons" and magazine with capacity greater than 10. Appealed to SCOTUS, which declined to get involved.

Yeah, I think they take their job seriously. But they are hostile to the right to keep and bear arms, by and large.

Massachusetts rescinded the "issued for life" status of ownership permits too. I don't think the fallout from that is complete, just yet.