Right To Keep And Bear Arms Affirmed
Let's face it, this Supreme Court has been one of the shakiest on individual rights in recent memory. There have been some good decisions, but by thin 5-4 majorities. Now, we have one more, again by the barest of margins -- the Second Amendment has been confirmed to mean what it says, that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
I haven't had a chance to read and digest the decision yet. Obviously, you will not be able to go out and buy a howitzer at Wal-Mart any time soon. Regulations, licensing, and so on are not going away, so the predictable weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth (and fatuous comparisons to the old West, which actually had a much lower per-capita murder rate than 'handgun free' places like Chicago and DC) will be, as is usual for the Left, pathetic self-indulgent posturing. However, it looks the Second Amendment will be at least as protected as the First (to damn with faint praise), forcing states to actually have to justify their unending attacks on the right of self defense, a right the government rightly (sigh...) fear. (After all, if we can all defend ourselves, what are we paying the government to do? Besides which, let's face it -- historically, the thing all humans on Earth have needed the most defense against has been their own government.)
