This part of the Heller decision is something that may cause some problems in the future:
Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those “in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
I could see the gun control lobby clinging to this line of “dangerous and unusual weapons” and bringing various appeals up to the SCOTUS based upon it.
Which then depends on the makeup of the court five years from now. Obama becomes President we know how it will look and then we could look forward to a 6-3 decision in favor of weakening our second amendment rights.
That is how important this election is. For those thinking of staying at home, or throwing their vote away on a Keyes or a Barr, because of their disagreements with McCain in the past….think about that.
The tyranny of the liberals was almost complete. One more vote and they would be confiscating our guns. After that, they could have done whatever they wanted and an unarmed population of sheep could have done nothing about it.
Five Justices, in the starkest display yet of the importance of presidential elections, saved a Constitutional right from extinction at the hands of liberals. One more Obama liberal on that Court, and the 2nd Amendment would be gone, erased from the Constitution, after more than 200 years. They are dangerous and they are dismantling our republic.
But real Americans won this one.
From the New York Times: Read the rest of this entry »
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Read the opinion here - and a big H/T to
Buffoon at Democrat=Socialist for finding it so quickly!
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Breaking news from ABC - SCOTUS got something right… in the usual 5-4 vote.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the District of Columbia cannot ban a citizen from keeping a handgun at home, throwing out one of the nation’s strictest gun control laws.
The Supreme Court has overturned Washington, D.C.’s strict gun ban.The 5-4 decision marks first time the court has ever definitively addressed the issue, which had been one of the great unresolved constitutional questions as experts debated whether the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and carry a gun, or only a state’s right to arm a militia.
While statistics show that overall violent crime numbers are down in most big cities around the country, there has been an increase in crime in Washington DC, Cleveland and Baltimore. In the nation’s capital there were 181 murders in 2007.
The Brady gun control movement is less than thrilled. Read the rest of this entry »
