Saturday, March 10, 2007
Three cheers for the D.C. Circuit!
"The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a D.C. gun control law that prevents people from keeping handguns in their own home. In doing so, the Court found that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to bear arms and not just a collective right to 'militias,'" RedState.com reports.
The D.C. Circuit was correct to assert that the right to bear arms is a personal right. I'm sure their ruling, however, will agitate the anti-gun left to no end. For those who think guns should be owned by "militias" only, I have a question:
As a document, the Bill of Rights is the single greatest enshrinement of personal freedoms known to man. Thus, why did the Founding Fathers, in all of their infinite wisdom, decide to insert a group right into the Bill of Rights?
The answer, of course, is they didn't. Sadly for liberals, the D.C. Circuit agrees.
The D.C. Circuit was correct to assert that the right to bear arms is a personal right. I'm sure their ruling, however, will agitate the anti-gun left to no end. For those who think guns should be owned by "militias" only, I have a question:
As a document, the Bill of Rights is the single greatest enshrinement of personal freedoms known to man. Thus, why did the Founding Fathers, in all of their infinite wisdom, decide to insert a group right into the Bill of Rights?
The answer, of course, is they didn't. Sadly for liberals, the D.C. Circuit agrees.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Saturday, March 10, 2007 
