Monday, November 12, 2007

Pry it from my cold, dead fingers

Okay then.

This is about the 2nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution and it promises to be a battle royal that's for sure. No way to predict how it will go.

The conservatives will align in favor of no gun control however, the issue isn't that clear-cut.

It will be tempered by the concept that there should be no abridgement of the right of the government to make reasonable restrictions on the right to own guns.

Think concealed weapons permits, the non-right for kids and teachers to possess guns on school grounds. It will be ineteresting to say the least.


Supreme Court Could Take Guns Case

Nov 11 01:03 PM


By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices have track records that make predicting their rulings on many topics more than a mere guess. Then there is the issue of the Second Amendment and guns, about which the court has said virtually nothing in nearly 70 years.

That could change in the next few months.

The justices are facing a decision about whether to hear an appeal from city officials in Washington, D.C., wanting to keep the capital's 31-year ban on handguns. A lower court struck down the ban as a violation of the Second Amendment rights of gun ownership.


Take aim at the rest of the article below:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SRJCS83&show_article=1