Diane Sawyer, who cannot hid her disdain for capital punishment, seemed on the verge of tears when she reported that the Supreme Court had ruled 5-4 that the 2nd Amendment gun rights apply to state and local laws and not just to federal law.
The court’s four liberal justices dissented vehemently, insisting that the Founding Fathers intended for the 2nd Amendment to apply only to an organized militia, and not to individual citizens.
President Obama is the most anti-gun president we've ever had. As an Illinois state senator he was a strong supporter of anti-gun laws. He knows he cannot get Congress to approve strict gun controls so he is going at it by appointing anti-gun advocates to the Supreme Court - first Sotamayor and now Kagan. We can all kiss our gun rights goodbye if Obama gets to make just one more appointment to the Supreme Court.
It is important to note that today’s Supreme Court decision was only a partial victory for gun rights. The court’s ruling left open the door for local jurisdictions to enact some gun restrictions in the interests of public safety.
As soon as the decision was announced, Richard Daley, that pompous ass of a mayor, accused the court of being an accessory to street violence and vowed to enact a series of ordinances that would make it hard for any person in Chicago to possess a firearm.
By allowing some local restrictions on gun ownership, today's Supreme Court decision will keep the courts occupied for years with challenges to the 2nd Amendment.
For us gun owners, it is extremely important that we do everything we can to make sure Obama will be only a one-term president. In the meantime, let's pray that the older conservative Supreme Court justices hang in there until Obma is out of office.
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