plus Breyer’s astounding hostility towards guns in general (”guns kill!”), and Stevens’ ‘parading around with guns’ concerns...
I'd give my eye teeth and one of my testicles to have one of the lawyers tell those two Justices:
Your Honors, how many people that are killed by guns or how many people parade around in public with them have nothing whatsoever to do with this case. The whole thing has to do with a Constitutional right to own, possess and carry firearms of any type. That is all it comes down to. The Second Amendment states unequivocally that every person has those rights. So there is only one way you can rule because otherwise, there are NO RIGHTS for anyone if there is no right to own and bear arms. Period.
Annual deaths in the USA due to all gun-related causes, including suicides and police action: about 30,000.
Annual deaths in the USA due to elective abortion: about 1.5 million.
Guess which one Breyer defends at all cost as a "constitutional right".
Do you think he might be told not to lecture the court on the law?