Archive for July, 2008

So It Begins

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Well, that didn’t take long. Sure enough, the categorization and weeding of specific firearms under Heller has already begun. Since the Supreme Court allows elimination of entire classes of weapons from Second Amendment protection simply because they are unpopular, it is inevitable that gun haters will move to reduce the popularity of as [...]

District of Columbia v. Heller

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I’ve finally finished reading D.C. v. Heller, the 157-page monster Supreme Court ruling regarding possession of handguns in DC. Now for my comment (please excuse the poor citation form; all cites refer to the slip opinion):
Gun rights supporters far and wide have hailed this opinion as the cornerstone for a move toward eliminating unconstitutional and [...]