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The NRA will aslo be scoring the vote, again h/t to Jim Gerahty.

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Granted, some wanted this disaproval to come sooner but I think waiting until after her testimony will lend more credence to their position.

[H/t to Jim Gerahty of Campaign Spot]

From the outset, the National Rifle Association has respected the confirmation process and hoped for mainstream answers to bedrock questions. Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor’s judicial record and testimony clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

It is only by ignoring history that any judge can say that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right and does not apply to the states. The one part of the Bill of Rights that Congress clearly intended to apply to all Americans in passing the Fourteenth Amendment was the Second Amendment.  History and congressional debate are clear on this point.

Go on over and read the whole thing, it is worth the 120 seconds of your life*.

Aaron Gardner

* Yeah I am a slow reader…so what??