The Constitution LIVES - 2nd Amendment Finally Upheld

June 26, 2008 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Constitution, Judges, News, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston |

I am sure I’ll have more to say as time moves on, but for now here is an AP story with the news…

Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense in their homes, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms restrictions intact.

The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

See the rest at Breitbart.com

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