The appeals court, Barrett said at the time, "treats the Second Amendment as a second-class right." An NRA-approved nomineeAlready, Barrett has the backing of the National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun rights organization. The NRA had also supported the nomination of Trump's two other Supreme Court appointees: Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. But while the conservative jurist received praise from supporters of gun rights, she also got harsh criticism from two major gun control groups, one of which warned that her confirmation could endanger Americans. "Giving her a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court will make us all less safe," Watts said.

Source: CNN October 10, 2020 18:00 UTC