DC Gun Ban Overturned
Although it seems like more and more freedom is slipping away every day, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision today that essentially overturns the unconstitutional DC gun ban.
Here is the most important finding:
The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense at home.
Below are some good commentaries on the decision.
Ed Whelan over at National Review Online.
And here is the actual opinion.
Tags: DC gun ban
June 26th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
We now have a right to own guns?? Well, isn’t that special?!?!
It seems to me that right has been in effect ever since the 2nd amendment was written. Many anti-gun lobbies have tried their best to interpret it otherwise, and constitutional scholars have been trying to tell them that the original intent of the Framers of the Constitution was exactly what is read, word for word, because when you get right down to it, we ARE a militia if this nation comes under attack.
In 1941, when Japan attacked the U.S. Naval forces at Pearl Harbor, there was a serious reason they attacked where they did, and not on the west coast of this nation. They didn’t fear our military, they feared the ARMED U.S. citizen and the insurgency that they were certain they would face.
We, The People are the very reason that no foreign power has even tried to invade this nation, we always have been, we always will be, by God, lets keep it that way.
All I can tell you fine folks is this, if you have em, secure em, if you don’t have em, you’d be well advised to buy a few, become highly proficient in their use and invest in precious metals, brass, copper, lead, things of that nature.
You never know when they might change their minds.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
The legislation this decision overturns reminds me of the war on drugs for some reason. Why should only the criminals have guns? Its about time the supreme court felt that we could have a right back, thanks.