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Supreme Court says Americans have right to own guns

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 26th, 2008

I publicly want to thank the Supreme Court for giving me the right to bear arms - a right I have actually been afforded by the Constitution since the second amendment was ratified in 1791:

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.

And get this line:

The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms restrictions intact.

Translation: Even the right wing freaks in the Bush administration think this went too far. At least we still have most of the other unconstitutional gun laws on the books!

I would look at this ruling as a win in the battle but certainly not the end of the war.

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