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Originally Posted by NRA80
The language in the second sentence essentially protects the first sentence. If you simply left the first sentence by itself, courts could easily say that "fundamental" does not necessarily require a "strict scrutiny" level of review -- meaning they could revert to either the current level -- rational basis (which is zero protection for a fundamental right) -- or intermediate scrutiny (a rights-eroding step below "strict scrutiny). We want to make sure that the fundamental right is giving the strongest protections.
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I don't care for the NRA's constant "gloom and doom" tactics but I do appreciate what they're fighting for. With that being said, their legal team is probably much more in tune with the legal language (bull**** to a construction hand like me) than my 11th grade edjumacation