Long awaited decision finally comes down and on the side of the citizenry and thank goodness just in time with a one Barack Obama possibly becoming the next president God help us all.
Scalia wrote opinion. Justice Breyer dissented, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg...SCOTUS blog here
And, as a suburban Chicagoan gun owner and firearms advocate, this is good news for the possible lifting of the ban on handguns in Chicago, although not a great thing for society as we know there is a terrible problem with handguns and other weaponry ending up in the hands of children which sadly is a product of poor parental supervision than anything else. That's just the way it is as I've been around guns all my life and never witnessed nor was a victim of any unintended gun tragedies having been taught what to do and how to handle guns from childhood. My guns are secured in my home and I don't even have children around, so that is the way it is.
Our Second Amendment now has been confirmed to interpret exactly what it says:
Scalia wrote opinion. Justice Breyer dissented, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg...SCOTUS blog here
And, as a suburban Chicagoan gun owner and firearms advocate, this is good news for the possible lifting of the ban on handguns in Chicago, although not a great thing for society as we know there is a terrible problem with handguns and other weaponry ending up in the hands of children which sadly is a product of poor parental supervision than anything else. That's just the way it is as I've been around guns all my life and never witnessed nor was a victim of any unintended gun tragedies having been taught what to do and how to handle guns from childhood. My guns are secured in my home and I don't even have children around, so that is the way it is.
Our Second Amendment now has been confirmed to interpret exactly what it says:
United States Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms..
Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban, Upholds Right to Keep and Bear Arms-
FOXNews.com - "The court's 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision goes further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: 'A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.'
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for four colleagues, said the Constitution does not permit 'the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.'
In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority 'would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons.'" continued
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