Obummer sure kicked a hornets’ nest with this gun issue. He should have let this sleeping dog lie.
Every state seems to have a wildly different approach to firearms, from talk of confiscation to plans for arresting federal officials. It’s near impossible to keep track of what your own state is doing, let alone neighboring states.
I can’t shake the feeling that the (mostly but not entirely useless) U.S. Supreme Court will be stepping into this gun-grabbing debate in a big way, and soon.
Yes, there is much to admire about Texas, and it’s support of citizens’ rights to own guns is one of them.
But let’s not forget the growing demographic problem in the state. Thanks to unending mass immigration, the state is becoming ever more Hispanic and less white. That means less Republican and more Democrat. Yes, I know, the GOP still dominates the state, but that is due to the party’s ability to routinely win over 70% of the white vote. That the GOP does a little better with latinos in Texas than they do in California is nice, but not that significant. The important thing is that the GOP is still losing the Hispanic vote in Texas, and the Hispanic vote is growing. If Rubio and Obama pass their amnesty and huge increase in legal immigration, then the situation will only get worse.
So how much longer will 70+% of the white vote guarantee victory in the Lone Start State? Don’t be surprised if Texas becomes a battleground state in the 2020s, if not sooner. Don’t be surprised if that execrable mayor of Houston wins a statewide race sometime down the road.
I hope I’m wrong, because Texas is of vital importance to the country. Without its electoral votes, the GOP’s shrinking chances becomes almost non-existent. But demographics is destiny, and despite the garbage put out by people like Rove, Rubio, the Bush family, and on this point even the otherwise admirable Cruz, that Hispanics are natural conservatives, it just isn’t so. As evidenced by their actual voting record, and polling showing their support for Obamacare and gun control, Hispanics are a natural Democrat constituency.
I don’t think Texas will suffer California’s fate so long as the white population in Texas remains conservative. That isn’t the case in California, and is a huge reason why the GOP is irrelevant in that state now. But in Texas, whites vote like whites in Southern states, and that may be enough to keep the state purple at least.
They may, and if they do, I expect them to craft their ruling in a way that seeks to head off or avoid a second revolution.
If they rule for infringement of the 2nd Amendment, they may as well hang up their robes on the way out of the courthouse, because their days as Supreme Court Justices will be numbered. As will those of every officer, appointee, employee, and elected official of the federal government.
This issue is hotter than the surface of the sun.