Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 2nd Amendment, by a 5-4 margin, which guarantees the right to own and bear arms. This in turn, strikes down a ban on handguns in the District of Columbia.
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by “the historical narrative” both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
The Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home,” Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington’s requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.
It is sad and ridiculous that it took this long for the decision, but nonetheless, it is a significant victory for liberty and freedom in America.
For more on the decision, refer to the official ruling statement form the United States Supreme Court. I have saved the pdf and have it hosted here, since the Supreme Court’s website is terribly bogged down this morning, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if this was due to sabotage by insane liberal kooks who are livid about this Constitutional ruling.
Future president elect, John McCain says he is pleased with the ruling, and issued the following statement:
“Today’s decision is a landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom in the United States. For this first time in the history of our Republic, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was and is an individual right as intended by our Founding Fathers. I applaud this decision as well as the overturning of the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns and limitations on the ability to use firearms for self-defense.
Unlike Senator Obama, who refused to join me in signing a bipartisan amicus brief, I was pleased to express my support and call for the ruling issued today. Today’s ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller makes clear that other municipalities like Chicago that have banned handguns have infringed on the constitutional rights of Americans. Unlike the elitist view that believes Americans cling to guns out of bitterness, today’s ruling recognizes that gun ownership is a fundamental right — sacred, just as the right to free speech and assembly.
This ruling does not mark the end of our struggle against those who seek to limit the rights of law-abiding citizens. We must always remain vigilant in defense of our freedoms. But today, the Supreme Court ended forever the specious argument that the Second Amendment did not confer an individual right to keep and bear arms.”
When Barrack Hussein Obama’s statement is available, I will be happy to quote his obvious disfavor.
2 Comments
I just wish they would have addressed the broader scope, and nailed the anti liberty freedom haters laws to the bottom of the waste basket of history.
Well, in response to your comment, we have to go by what the U.S. Constitution guarantees. Liberalism isn’t technically unconstitutional as a philosophy. Yeah, much of the practice of liberalism results that which can be considered unconstitutional, but legally liberals are technically allowed to be that way, just as much as idiots are legally allowed to be morons (note the connection).
But this is absolutely a victory for freedom and liberty. The fact that liberals are in an uproar over this, proves that the U.S. Constitution is absolutely meaningless to them, except when they can use it as a convenience to convince others that we are supposed to be like them and
followconform to their Marxist agenda.