According to the Second Amendment Foundation, Judge Sotomayor's nomination is a "slap at gun rights and the Second Amendment."

Their reason for this statement stems from the ruling of the case Maloney v. Cuomo from January 2009, in which Judge Sotomayor ruled that the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government and not individual states or cities. According to Judge Sotomayor, it is constitutional for your state or city to ban gun ownership. However, it's worth noting that the case above involved martial arts weapons and not guns.

Expect lots of hard questioning from senators close to gun rights groups during Sotomayor's confirmation hearings.
Source(s):
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/w...
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/26/blackwell_ken_obama_sotomayor/
http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2009/05/sotomayor-and-t.php
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/26/us/0526-scotus.html#second-am...


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