describing at this moment, it does seem to be accurate that the court is doing things that the public in general, majorities of the public, are not comfortable with on abortion even on guns, you ve written a wonderful book about the second amendment. most people don t realize that the second amendment did not prevent 200 years of gun regulation or at least 100, certainly going back to the 1850s and that it was a series of decisions really starting with heller, scalia s opinion, that completely transformed the legal landscape for guns. you re exactly right. it s sort of hard to imagine, but the supreme court never said the second amendment protects an individual right to gun ownership until 2008. that was the heller decision. but it still left room for gun
backlash, a political backlash that we re living with to this day. so what you re describing at this moment, it does seem to be accurate that the court is doing things that the public in general, majorities of the public are not comfortable with on abortion. even on guns which you ve written a wonderful book about this the second amendment. most people don t realize that the second amendment did not prevent 200 years of gun regulation or maybe at least a hundred, suddenly going back to the 1850s. and that it was a series of decisions really starting with peller, scalia s opinion that completely transformed the legal landscape for guns, right? you re exactly right. it is sort of hard to imagine, but the supreme court never said the second amendment protects an individual right to gun ownership until 2008, that is
the republican controlled house has voted to overturn a key gun regulation that was put in place by president biden. in a mostly party line vote on tuesday, republicans repealed stricter federal regulations on pistol braces that attach to a shooter s arm to stabilize the firearm. these stabilizers were used in march by the nashville school shooter and ended up killing six allegedly killing six people including three 9-year-old children. the pistol braces were also used in mass shootings in dayton, ohio, and boulder, colorado. the senate is not likely to take up the house bill. president biden is vowing a veto, but joining me now is democratic congresswoman mikey sheryl of new jersey. this big bill was cosponsored by