Guns
Posted By matt on June 26, 2008
For those who are not aware, today the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees* the individual right to keep and bear arms.
I have not read the whole opinion, but the crux of the decision as far as I am aware is that the DC gun ban is unconstitutional, but nothing explicit has been stated about what arms are protected and what are not, save that handguns are protected. Further, nothing has been stared about whether or not this applies to the states. As I said, I have not yet read the opinion, so I might be off.
- = Note the word here. Not “grants”. Not “confers”. Guarantees. As in, it is already existing and all this does is keep it going.
However, remember how I said that there were other lawsuits waiting in the wings? Well, the Second Amendment Foundation has filed suit to challenge Chicago's handgun ban. (Yes, the same day).
If this succeeds, then it will mean that Second Amendment protections apply to the states as well as the federal government. If that is the case, then we get to file suits challenging the various so called “assault weapon” bans.
Anyone hear that? It's bricks being pulled out of the foundation that anti-gunners have built up over the past seventy years…. Why? Because gun control does nothing, and folks who want to be responsible for their own safety and welfare are tired of having effective tools of self defense stripped from them.
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