Bitterly AND LEGALLY Clinging To Our Guns
The Supreme Court has ruled and it is official! The Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees the right of an individual to own a handgun for purpose of defending ones own home. The Washington, D.C. gun ban is unconstitutional as written and regardless of where you live, you have a right in this country to own a handgun and protect your home.
Scalia writes in his majority opinion, “Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.”
They did, however, leave some ambiguity when it comes to what constitutes an “acceptable” form of weapon. Buried deep in the majority opinion, Scalia concedes that some “dangerous and unusual” types of weapons are not acceptable to be owned by the average citizen. While I don’t necessarily agree, it’s not unexpected that the current court chose to give deference to the 1939 opinion in U.S. vs Miller.
Regardless of what the Constitution does or doesn’t say, no one in the established powers-that-be want a well regulated militia to pop up in the Rocky Mountain West armed with military grade weaponry and claiming that the current government in Washington is corrupt and unconstitutional and needs to be overthrown. They would much rather those militants be limited to single shot small caliber weapons because when they start planting bodies, they only want to plant the bodies of the rebels.
Remember, it’s treason to rebel, but only if you lose, but it’s so much easier to just talk people into giving up their rights. It worked for Fidel Castro, and stupid hippies all over our country are still worshipping at the alter of good old Che Gueverra.
Later,
Wisdom
