High Court Supports Gun Owners

The second major ruling which I wanted to pass along was a first ever interpretation of the 2nd amendments, Right To Bear Arms, which had not been looked at to any conclusion, since its' ratification in 1791. Now, I am not a gun owner, but have been in the past, and I do believe the Founding Father's, wanted citizens to have ownership of their "own" guns, just in case our government got out of hand "like it is doing now", and we had to take it back, as well as to provide self-defense against criminals.
Obviously, this ruling will create some consternation among people who want the government( and the criminals)~~(that was an oxymoron wasn't it)~~(should have said government, AND other criminals), to be the only entities with guns, and it should, for these Justices have been confusing this term. Yesterday, they sided with child rapists, and today they sided with gun owners, and the right to self-defense. A big day for All, and I only wonder what kind of suprises they shall have for us, when they reconvene the first Monday in October!!

The story at Yahoo News reads:

Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment.

The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most federal firearms restrictions intact.

District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty responded with a plan to require residents of the nation's capital to register their handguns. "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence," Fenty said.

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."

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