Surprise! Bill Of Rights 2nd Amendment Is For Everyone

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Bill of Rights, specifically the 2nd Amendment in this case, applies to everyone, not just the District of Columbia. The dissenters again dissent, since they already said that people living in crime-ridden cities has the right to a gun for self-defense in Heller. Gargantuan opinion, I've only read the syllabus so far. If there's anything worth noting or mocking I'll probably do a post.

Long story short is that every local or state law banning the ownership of guns must be thrown out. Laws severely restricting gun ownership must be thrown out. Laws regulating the sale and ownership of guns will remain in place, although this will likely require at least one more Supreme Court challenge to clarify, despite the fact that the majority clearly said that reasonable controls were fine in Heller and they probably say the same thing here. The left will of course make it sound like a tangled morass, but it's not that hard.

Government cannot establish a national religion...but they can have a prayer before public meetings.

Government cannot stop you from speaking freely...but they can stop you from yelling 'fire' in a theater when there is no fire.

Government cannot stop you from freely assembling...but they can make you get a permit and behave in an orderly fashion.

Government cannot stop you from buying a hand gun...but they can make you get a permit and register it and take a safety course and deny felons from having one.

That sort of thing.