Maintaining status quo is not much of a blow. The real blow is to the credibility of SCOTUS, which laid down how 2A cases should be ruled in Bruen less than 18 months ago.
The 5th followed Bruen to the letter, so for SCOTUS to overrule 5th is a terrible blow to SCOTUS, since they decided the criteria.
Because of Bruen, there are many cases in the pipeline. Interesting to see how many SCOTUS takes and how they rule. The really big one is the 7th, which last week ruled "Assault weapons" are not protected. Something clearly not supported if you follow Bruen.
Look at some of this nonsense:
“Based on the record before us, we are not persuaded that the AR-15 is materially different from the M16,” Judge Diane Wood, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote on behalf of the panel in Bevis v. Naperville
Well Congress decided they are materially different. Hence why M16s (and other Full Autos) are regulated under NFA, and AR-15s (and other semi- autos) are not.
Woods said distinguishing between the two categories — “between weapons and accessories designed for military or law-enforcement use, and weapons designed for personal use” — has been a legal tradition since the Second Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution.
LOL No such tradition has ever existed. there has never been two categories. Civilian colonists could own the exact same weapons Washington used to defeat the british. In some cases (Gatling Guns, repeat arms, etc) civilians were better armed than the military. To this day same is true, civilian can own same small arms - M16, 30 round mags, Sig M17 pistol, etc.
Heller informs us that the latter weapon is not protected by the Second Amendment, and therefore may be regulated or banned.
Heller said no such thing.
Because it is indistinguishable from that machinegun, the AR-15 may be treated in the same manner without offending the Second Amendment.”
This is a level of stupid that is almost incomprehensible.
