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"...we can’t expect to win when we shy away from the full purpose of the Second Amendment. If we say it’s mostly just about self-defense, then it’s quite easy for a district judge who is already hostile to us to say, “Well, you can defend yourself pretty adequately with a handgun with ten rounds, what’s the problem?”
Yes, personal self-defense is important, perhaps even "central". But the amendment was added primarily because revolutionaries were worried about the new government they were forming becoming tyrannical."
Kostas Moros, the lawyer who’s currently running the lawsuit against California’s imposition of background checks on ammo purchases.
“I write books to educate myself"
Paul Johnson (1928–2023), the British historian and author, wrote more than 50 books over his lifetime.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.1.0.pdf
Mishandling national defense information. Very serious.
There are three ways the outlook could play out.
1. The polls and analysts are largely accurate.
a. House: 233 D - 202 R; Senate: 52 D - 48 R
b. Recent polling errors have been greater in the presidential elections while midterms - on the whole - have been more accurate (Silver Bulletin). If largely accurate, Democrats would win a majority of similar size to the 2018 and 2006 midterms and gain a narrow Senate majority.
2. The polls and analysts underestimate Republicans by a normal polling error.
a. House: 221 D - 214 R; Senate: 51 R - 49 D
b. Some of the biggest polling errors this century occurred in reliably red states and districts that underestimate Republican support (The Economist). Given where the competitive races are located this year, another underestimation would be enough to keep Republicans in control of the Senate and to have Democratic House margins in the single digits.
3. The polls and analysts underestimate Democrats by a normal polling error.
a. House: 238 D - 197 R;...
