Declares an individual right to bear arms
“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”
You’re damned right it does. Yes. I’m doing fist pumps in my office right now.
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This might very well be the most significant decision the Supreme Court of the United States has delivered in the last 20 years.
And, thank goodness, they got it right.
And, once again, Barry Obama finds himself on the wrong side of being right:
ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Alexa Ainsworth Report: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.’s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an “inartful” statement to the Chicago Tribune last year in which an unnamed aide characterized Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as believing that the DC ban was constitutional.
“That statement was obviously an inartful attempt to explain the Senator’s consistent position,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells ABC News.
The statement which Burton describes as an inaccurate representation of the senator’s views was made to the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 20, 2007.
In a story entitled, “Court to Hear Gun Case,” the Chicago Tribune’s James Oliphant and Michael J. Higgins wrote “. . . the campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said that he ‘…believes that we can recognize and respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and the right of local communities to enact common sense laws to combat violence and save lives. Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.’”
Inartful, Senator? That’s really the best you can come up with as to your most recent flip-flop? (see also: NAFTA, FISA, public financing…and those are just from last week).
You might as well have used the tried-but-untruthful, “that was not the position that I thought I knew”, like you’ve used with Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, and Bill Ayers, and so on, and so on, and so on…
Sen. McCain, on the other hand, has been extremely clear on where he stands on the second amendment — and unlike Obama, Sen. McCain supports it.
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SCOTUSblog has the best roundup and discussions on the decision today. Expect this to be the hot topic around the blogosphere and Memeorandum today.
Make sure especially to read this: Heller quotes from the majority — perhaps the most important quote being:
Putting all of these textual elements together, we find that they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.
Damn straight. I’m going to go out to my motorcycle, unlock my saddle bags, and kiss my Springfield XD .45ACP Compact right now.
Up next — open carry law in Texas.
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OTHERS (will be updates as others chime in)
Don Surber: “Still, with the Supreme Court upholding the 2nd Amendment by 1 vote, now is not the time to trust a Democratic president to appoint a judge who upholds the Constitution as it is written.”
Yep. Because that’s exactly the type of activist liberal Justice that Obama would appoint — the same type who would rule in favor of child rapists and against a citizen’s right to protect themselves.
I’m doing fist pumps in my office right now.
You should be peeing in your pants. It’s very narrowly decided and squeaked through 5 to 4. It’s great for those who live in Texas, but in other jurisdictions they will continue passing all sorts of ridiculous restrictions. They can’t make them illegal but they can still pass stupid laws about gun locks, etc., anything to give the bad guy intent on murdering you and your family the edge.
Left by Anonymous on June 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am