DC v. Heller

July 5, 2008 on 11:42 pm | In Headlines, Needs more info | No Comments

While I’m glad that SCOTUS ruled that the second amendment protects an individual right, as do most of the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, I feel the need to contribute to the ‘nets comments en masse.

First, it was a pleasure to read in the majority opinion the comparison of the occurance of “the People” with other instances of individual rights clauses elsewhere in the Constitution.   It was also nice to see the court make a distinction between regulation and prohibition - that effective prohibition under the guise of regulation that rejects all applications is also contrary to the constitution.

Now the aftermath Continue reading DC v. Heller…

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