By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the District of Columbia’s 32-year ban on handguns. In the decision, the majority opinion says, unconditionally, that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. In the explanation of the decision, the majority opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Justices say the much-debated meaning of the Second Amendment could be rephrased to read:
“Because a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”
In other words, logic demands that there is a link between the stated purpose and the command. Further, the Court cited the language of the First and Ninth Amendment as using very similar terminology, but “unambiguously refer to an individual’s right”.
I will post more information later as this is just breaking…
Jun 26
This entry was posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 11:36 am and is filed under real news.
2 CommentsGreat news from the Supreme Court
Jim the Tolerable
June 30th 2008 at 2:06 pm
1Thank God the Court found that the Founding Fathers meant what they said (albeit by the skin of their robes....scary).
randy
June 30th 2008 at 2:57 pm
2I agree with the vote going 5-4 the party lines made the difference.
Did you see where the Chicago Tribune in their editorial called for the 2nd amendment being done away with…
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