This is history in the making people.... The right of a free nation to keep and bear arms is being decided as we speak. Even if they could get all the guns off the streets would we still be secure in our homes? Could we rely on the police to intervene before our life or liberty is taken away? Supreme Court hears arguments on gun ownership - CNN.com Justices set to mull gun rights - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com I will not give up my gun !
The court won't publish its ruling until June, or thereabouts. The talking heads were saying that, depending on how the court rules, that this decision may get rid of a lot of current gun laws. (Maybe even some gun-free zones?)
God I hope so. I think they're trying to go down the middle to though and might put some bans and restrictions on some guns but all in all it sounds good.
I predict that no great ripples will be made. Especially in an electon year. I know Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life but politics is politics. I predict that nothing will change. They will rule that the 2A includes individual rights but they will also rule that practical limitations are allowed.
I hope you're right.. Like I said, I really don't like guns but I trust them more in the hands of regular people than in the hands of not so regular people in governments. That would be scarey...
That's where there could be trouble. Whose definition of "practical" do you use? The city of Washington thinks their handgun ban is "practical". They'd have to define the term to avoid confusion and more lawsuits. Even though they're deciding a Washington, DC case, I don't think they'd leave it that far up in the air. If they define "reasonable" or "practical", they'd probably leave the limitation on fully automatic weapons and weapons that have no practical purpose in private hands (assault rifles{?}, hand-held missiles, tanks, etc.).
I wasn't saying that "practical" would be the wording that they would use. I was just saying that I wouldn't plan on much changing from this case.
I understood what you were saying and I agree with you. One thing about politics, though. If it's June when the ruling is announced, that's a long time before the elections. Lots of time for the spin meisters to do their work.
That's another reason that I don't forsee much to come of this. If nothing changes, not much to spin.
