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Thursday, June 26 2008, 10:08 PM Supreme Court strikes down D.C. gun ban The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington D.C.'s sweeping ban on handguns is unconstitutional. The justices voted 5-4 against the ban. At issue in District of Columbia v. Heller was whether the city's ban violated the Second Amendment right to 34 News Stories, 14 Liberal Blogs, 45 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment

The Republic of T. D.c., Doa Thisentryis part 1 of 1 in the series lgb - tImage details: DC Mayor Reacts To Supreme Court Ruling On DC Gun Ban served by picapp.com Well, the finally did it. I first mentioned it years ago, when this blog was in its infancy. So I guess now I should sa

legitgov Justices Rule For Individual Gun Rights The Supreme Court on Thursday embraced the long-disputed view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun for personal use, ruling 5 to 4 that there is a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense. The l

Finding God in a Dog More On Heller My last post mentioned the SCOTUS decision on Heller, and by now pretty much every gun nut on my friends list has dissected this ruling to death. For those of you who aren't gun nuts, here's the gist of it.What the ruling does is a few basic things:The bi

Larvatus Prodeo I?m An Individual, You Can?t Disarm Me? As the uncle travelling Matt of LP, I bring you strange news from the Outer Space that is the USA. For those who hadn’t heard, the US Supreme Court has issued its first opinion since the 1930s which directly addresses the Second Amendment and outlin

SW Virginia law blog On The Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms The Supreme Court decided today by a 5-4 vote in the D.C. v. Heller case, that the 'people' in the Second Amendment include 'all members of the political community, not an unspecified subset' and to 'bear arms' was used back in the day to 'refer to the ca

legitgov Supreme Court Strikes Down D.c. Ban On Handguns The Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, today declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns for self-defense, striking down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun ownership as unconstitutional. The 5 to 4 d

Positive Liberty Ye Have Not, Because Ye Ask Not Ask and you shall receive. Concede, and you shall lose. The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER is in — and most of the news is good. The Justices ruled that the language of the Second Amendment indicates its purpose is for militias, but that the

The Republic of T. Stuff To Read While I?m Doing Other Stuff I’ve got some stuff in mind to post, but first I have to get lunch and do any number of things. And I might not get around to posting anyway. Since a big portion of my day job is promoting other people’s writing, I might as well do the same h

legitgov Gun-control Supporters Show Outrage Gun-control advocates across the country reacted with shock and outrage at the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns today, saying the ruling would threaten gun-control measures in other states.

Finding God in a Dog Chicago Tribune Pipes In On Heller The Heller decision has the screamingly anti-gun intelligencia of Chicago at a crisis point. And not without reason -- most of their encounters with guns are from movies, television, and someone else getting shot by a cop or gangbanger. Of course, this me

The Republic of T. Scalia, The Cunning Linguist I really should have paid more attention in English class. Or, rather, I should have paid more attention to my grammar lessons. (Probably any hard-core grammarian who’s read the blog would concur.) But I spent the better part of my time as an Englis

Positive Liberty Forget ?taxation Without Representation? ? New D.c. License Plates To Read ?money, Guns & Lawyers? If you are an able bodied male resident of the U.S. between the ages of 17 and 45, are either a citizen or have declared an intention to become a citizen and are not already a member of the Armed Services (including the Reserves and the National Guard), T

Finding God in a Dog Scotus Says Dc Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional Just right now, the Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling abolishing DC's gun ban in a 5-4 vote with two dissenting opinions, pretty much along ideological lines. Get the PDF of the ruling here. I'll also post more about this later after I've had time to

Remain Calm (No Title) How I'd Like to See the Second Amendment I start by pointing out that every male in America is in a militia, by law, whether they know it or not. I can't remember the portion of the United States Code, but I've read it myself. Therefore, the

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Wizbang Gun Morality Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is an individual right, and as such the District of Columbia ban on handguns is unconstitutional. I agree strongly with this ruling, but the debate on that sp

memeorandum Supreme Court Strikes Down D.c. Gun Ban (bill Mears/cnn) Bill Mears / CNN: Supreme Court strikes down D.C. gun ban — CNN Supreme Court Producer — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation's capital violated

Daily Pundit My Home Town RULING’S RICOCHET / A right to own guns: Supreme Court defines 2nd Amendment - gun lobby expected to challenge S.F. ban on handgun possession in public housing The NRA said it would file a new series of lawsuits around the nation as early as today.

Stop The ACLU Good News! Court Rules Second Amendment Protects Individual Right To Bear Arms I’m very late on this so I will be brief and do a link roundup to others. This one should have been a no-brainer anyway, but who knew what to expect after the last two horrible decisions the Supreme Court just made. At least we now know the final

GayPatriot Heller Decision: Gay Rights? Victory While Ann Althouse finds in yesterday’s Supreme Court Heller decision overturning the District of Columbia’s handgun ban a victory for women’s righsts (via Instapundit) as the overturned law banned certain guns which are easier for wome

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Big Win For The Right To Arms In a five-to-four decision, A.P. reports, the Supreme Court has declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own firearms for self-defense, one that is violated by the District of Columbia's gun ban. "The decision goes further t

Belmont Club Arms And The Man Here’s a video showing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley decrying the Supreme Court’s decision that the Second Amendment refers to the individual right to keep and bear arms. Will the Court Actually Strike Down the Challenged Provisions of D.C. Law?

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Gun Powder, Trigger Locks, And Justice Stephen Breyer During the oral arguments for D.C. v. Heller last March, one of the more interesting—and, as it turns out, important—exchanges concerned a comparison between Washington, D.C.'s strict trigger lock provisions and early American laws regulating

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run The 2nd Amendment: An Individual Right The Supreme Court rules 5-4, with Anton Scalia writing the opinion:Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one's home. The Cour

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Who Will Defend The Right To Pass Oppressive Laws? Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, complains that D.C. v. Heller "strips the citizens of the District of Columbia of a law they strongly support," a revealing formulation. For Helmke, it's no problem when th

Daily Pundit The Lying Liars Of The Gun Grabbing Gang SCOTUSblog » Heller Discussion Board: A Toe in the Water First, Washington, D.C.?s handgun ban is no longer valid. That?s got considerable ramifications for public safety. A careful study that compared the nine year period before the ban was enacted wit

the musings of Brandon Jaynes Supreme Court Strikes Down Gun Ban High court affirms gun rights in historic decision — AP The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States Constitution grants people the right to own guns, something that should be obvious to anyone who would just read the Second Amendment itself.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run New At Reason: Damon Root On The Second Amendment And The States Yesterday's landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller secured Second Amendment rights in Washington, D.C. But what about the states? Associate Editor Damon Root takes a look.

Outside The Beltway | OTB Activist Judges Overturn Democratic Process Again In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has overturned the D.C. handgun ban, thwarting the democratic process. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the District of Columbia cannot ban a citizen from keeping a handgun at home, throwing out one of the nation

The Sundries Shack Scotus Says You Do Have An Individual Right To Keep And Bear Arms Wave your handguns in the air! Shoot ‘em like you just don’t care! Well, finally, after two of the most brainless decisions I have ever seen come out of the Supreme Court, they finally got one right. Today, the SCOTUS decided that the Second A

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run New At Reason: Alan Gura, Glenn Reynolds, Randy Barnett, And Other Civil Libertarians Respond To d.c. V. Heller Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s draconian gun ban. What did District of Columbia v. Heller say, what does it mean, and what's likely to come next? reason assembled a panel of lea

Stop The ACLU Aclu Review Of Latest Supreme Court Term You can read their version if you like, or I’ll just summarize it below. Habeas Corpus At Guantánamo: The ACLU celebrate this horrible decision by the Supreme Court granting foreign, freedom hating terrorists constitutional rights and lawyers at t

Daily Pundit Explain, Please Reason Magazine - The Second Amendment Goes to Court Generations of law students have been taught that the Second Amendment merely protected the right of states to have a militia, a right already incorporated into the body of the Constitution. The nearly

memeorandum An Individual Right To Keep And Bear Arms: Ho, Hum. (mark Kleiman/the Rbc) Mark Kleiman / The RBC: An individual right to keep and bear arms: Ho, hum. — Now that the Supreme Court has struck down the DC gun ban, how much should we expect the Washington homicide rate to go up as a result? — Ze

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Are States And Cities Bound By The Second Amendment? Plans for post-Heller challenges to gun control laws throughout the country will come to naught unless the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments, a question the Supreme Court did not address in yesterday's decision. Three 19th-century Su

Wizbang Supreme Court Affirms Firearms Are "an Individual Right" From the decision in in D.C. v. Heller, via On Deadline: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the

Daily Pundit Breyer, Naked Pajamas Media » Constitution Is Big Winner in D.C. Gun Case While the majority opinion argued at length with Justice Stevens? dissent on the text and history of the Second Amendment, the engagement with the Breyer dissent was shorter. Breyer wanted courts

Broadband Politics Hyperventilating In New York As one would expect, the New York Times editorial page is not happy with the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the right to keep arms. But the language of their editorial is quite a bit over the top: This is a decision that will cost innocent lives

Big Dogs Weblog Second Amendment Work Not Quite Done Copyright © 2008 Big Dog. Visit the original article at http://www.onebigdog.net/second-amendment-work-not-quite-done/.The ruling by the Supreme Court today on the Second Amendment was a good ruling but there is still work to do. Already, proponents

WSJ.com: Opinion Silver Bullet The Second Amendment survives, by a single Justice.

The Discerning Texan Blatant Hypocrite: But Where's The Media On Obama's Gun Flip Flop?? It does not get any more blatant than this; on one of these two occasions, Barack Obama was lying. Period. A) Today??? (emphais mine): 'Obama Clarifies Position...' Is that becoming a familiar headline, or what? I hope someone is compiling them all.

memeorandum Winners' Test - The Supremes' Gun Ruling - 'you Won! (glenn Harlan Reynolds/new York Post) Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post: WINNERS' TEST — THE SUPREMES' GUN RULING — 'YOU Won! Now What?' is a popular book for political candidates - but also pretty much the dilemma facing gun-rights activists in

Unqualified Offerings Heller: High Water? Let’s see who is how stupid about Heller and gun laws, shall we? Eugenue Robinson: stupid about the latter but not the former. All in all, a credible performance by the guy who has become my favorite newspaper columnist over the last year. On gun co

PoliPundit.com Breaking: The Constitution Lives! Supreme Court rules that 'the right to keep and bear arms' means 'the right to keep and bear arms.'

Daily Pundit Nyc And Chicago Next? UPDATE:After Nine’s Gun Ruling, N.Y.’s Gun Laws May Be Next - June 19, 2008 - The New York Sun Mayor Bloomberg’s criminal justice coordinator, John Feinblatt, said that the decision from the Supreme Court will “not in any way”

Stop The ACLU Obama: I Was For The D.c. Handgun Ban Before I Was Against It Obama has a history of being ardently against guns. For example, look at this questionnaire he filled out showing us his anti-gun agenda from the Politico: Of course, now that the DC handgun ban has been overturned, Obama’s singing a different tun

Wizbang Obama: I Was For The D.c. Handgun Ban Before I Was Against It Obama has a history of being ardently against guns. For example, look at this questionnaire he filled out showing us his anti-gun agenda from the Politico: Of course, now that the DC handgun ban has been overturned, Obama's singing a different tune.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Why No Right To Machine Guns? Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in D.C. v. Heller, distinguishes between "unusual and dangerous weapons," which can be banned without violating the Second Amendment, and weapons "in common use...for lawful purpose

Daily Pundit The Nut Of It News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says - WSJ.com My prediction? Because gun-rights groups like the NRA have so successfully prevented enactment of unreasonable gun laws, most existing gun regulations falling short of a ban will eventually be uphe

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Now Playing At Reason.tv: Brian Doherty Responds To d.c. V. Heller Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, recognizing an individual right to possess arms for self-defense. Senior editor Brian Doherty, who’s currently writing a book about the case,

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Recently At Reason.tv: Brian Doherty On The Dc Gun Case Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the first major gun-rights case to be decided by the Court since the 1930s. Heller deals with Washington, D.C.'s ultra-restrictive gun control laws, which have been i

Wizbang How Boringly Predictable... Well, the Supreme Court has affirmed -- barely -- that the 2nd Amendment is, indeed, an individual right, and it's sent the gun-grabbers into paroxysms. (Or, as my fellow Granite Stater Bruce likes to say in his inimitable -- but profane -- way, PSH -- fo

Wizbang It Depends On Whose Ox Is Being Shot It's rare that I get to argue with the conclusions of a Harvard Law School professor about Constitutional matters, but I think this time I am on solid ground -- largely because I don't have years and years of formal education and training to get in the wa

memeorandum News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says (randy E. Barnett/wall Street Journal) Randy E. Barnett / Wall Street Journal: News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says — Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in yesterday's Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller is historic in its implications

Newsweek Top News D.c. Mayor Responds To Supreme Court Ruling On Handguns After the Supreme Court overturned a Washington gun ban, Mayor Adrian Fenty weighs his options.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run D.c. Gun Law Is Unconstitutional No Matter How You Look At It A couple of preliminary observations about today's ruling in D.C. v. Heller:1. The Court does not resolve the issue of what level of scrutiny should be applied to purported violations of the Second Amendment, because it concludes that D.C.'s firearm restr

Daily Pundit The Dam Breaks SCOTUSblog » Commentary: So, what?s next on guns? Still, it is remarkable how much was left undecided, and, therefore, how wide-ranging the post-Heller litigation is going to be. It is already apparent, from comments that the National Rifle Association w

Stop The ACLU Wapo: Scalia Says ?hear, Hear? To Machine Guns In D.c.? -By Warner Todd Huston It didn’t take long for the Washington Post to weigh in on the wrong side of the Second Amendment issue, did it? The Post’s Colbert I. King could not contain the disgust he feels for at least one part of the Constitution

FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog Links For 2008-06-26 [del.icio.us] ABC News: Clinton: I'm Backing Obama '100 Percent' "I am 100 percent committed to doing everything I possibly can to make sure that Sen. Obama is sworn in as the next president of the United States next January here in this Capitol," Clinton to

Stop The ACLU Thursday Links Megan McArdle: Guns Are For Feminists Clayton Cramer: A Little More Analysis of the Heller Decision Don Surber: Lefty Purges Gun Toting Liberal: The Supreme Court Gets It Right on the Right to Bear Arms Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller: So What Was It About Re