"endowed by their creator." i believe it too. christian nation, baby!

"endowed by their creator." i believe it too. christian nation, baby!

Uggh. This sucks.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/26/scotus.guns/index.html

why?

why?

Any other decision would have scared me. It would be a scary proposition if states and municipalities could make laws that override the constitution.

Because (call me crazy) I don't trust my fellow citizens of Chicago to lawfully brandish weapons. And because of this decision, Chicago's ban is probably gone.

Oh, and because I hate guns.

All of the people that you're in danger from have guns already, most likely.

First, the Bill of Rights is a protection against the Federal government, not state or municipalities. It was only through the 14th Amendment that most, but not all, amendments applied to the states. That's why amendments not specifically incorporated arguably do not apply to states or municipalities (like the 7th Amendment).

Second, I've never read the 2nd Amendment to explicitly guarantee the public's right to bear arms. What I do read it to mean is the guarantee of those that make up the militia (which was, at the time, the general citizenry) to keep arms. Otherwise, the two independent clauses don't make much sense in the same amendment.

any decision that has a 5-4 majority with those 5 is always suspect.

I give a to the ruling...
First off, there's no logical way to enforce gun laws preventing ownership except by enforcing a police state mentality. Sure, you can ban stores from selling them, but that simply means that someone either has to find a black market dealer, or go out of town and purchase one in another place, where guns ARE legal, and bring it back. There is really no way to crack down on those people(the second kind).
And the fact that those who wish to commit crime have a significant advantage over those who don't, and have no fear that they may have a gun.

Not to mention the fact that the constitution is pretty clear on the issue.