>don't forget about the scotus though
It will be a lost cause, that is true.
>no doubt local gun control legislation is going to skyrocket
Most states have gun rights enshrined in their own state constitutions. So, no, it is not going to skyrocket locally.
Here is a link to the specific gun rights of each state constitution, or at least some of them:
>www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/beararms/statecon.htm
>Florida: (a) The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and of the lawful authority of the state shall not be infringed
>Delaware: A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.
>Maine: Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.
>Michigan: Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state.
>Missouri: That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned
>New Hampshire: All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.
State constitutions would keep the rights intact, mostly, and a Republican Congress would keep out federal gun control legislation. It would not be as terrible as people make it sound. The backlash from an unfavorable ruling would also spark massive pro-gun movements to amend state constitutions to make the right even MORE explicit that people have the right to own and carry.
Fret not. Hell, it wasn't even until a recent Supreme Court decision made IN THIS DECADE ALONE that the Second Amendment to the federal constitution was applied to the states. That means that for more than TWO CENTURIES the ONLY protection for the right to bear arms were the STATE constitutions.