any clue as to what the stance of either "frontrunner" is on gun rights. I haven't found any mention of that subject yet. Both look good on the abortion front and much else.
See comment #41 on Lagoa. Several elements of her background indicate a likely propensity towards a strong defense of our rights as stated in the Second Amendment including our rights regarding modern sporting rifles (AR-15s, etc.). She’s Cuban-American, and Governor Ron DeSantis appointed her to the Florida Supreme Court. We might see more detailed information on that soon.
Besides being more likely to be accomplished, a Lagoa appointment would be the wisest choice by far in regards to the 2020 election (Latin-American vote). That would make yet another Supreme Court appointment possible for President Trump, bringing a total of Second-Amendment-friendly justices to 5 (Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh being the three proven justices in place for Second Amendment rights).
On Barrett, she wrote a dissent in favor of felons possessing firearms, in cases where courts might decide that individual felons aren’t dangerous. But some of the language in her arguments in the same document might allow for bans against categories of firearms (for example, a ban against modern sporting rifles (AKA “assault weapons”).
Of related note (in re. the aforementioned dissent), many have been misled to believe that Eugene Volokh is of the opinion that an assault weapons ban would be unconstitutional, but that is not correct.
Expert On Gun Regulation Says “Assault Weapons” Bans Are Useless
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Hans Bader
December 19, 2012
https://cei.org/blog/expert-gun-regulation-says-assault-weapons-bans-are-useless
“Although Volokh says that assault weapons bans would be useless, he also says that they would likely be constitutional, since ‘such bans leave law-abiding citizens with ample access to other guns that are equally effective, and therefore don’t substantially burden the constitutional right’ to keep and bear arms.”