By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm Filed Under: Constitution, SCOTUS, Second Amendment
Dick Heller, of DC v. Heller fame, finally got a gun permit today.
Unfortunately, that’s only part of the story.
The District is treating semi-automatic handguns as “machine guns”. So, the registration he succeeded at acquiring only allows him to have a revolver in his home.
Heller recently sued the city again, alleging that the registration rules adopted by [...]
Thank goodness, albeit another split decision, the court came through with a good decision. In DC v Heller, the court ruled in favor of gun ownership. We discussed this case back when arguments wrapped up in April. For those of you that are sure to argue that my position yesterday was [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:30 pm Filed Under: Gun Control, SCOTUS, Second Amendment
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.
- 2nd Amendment, US Constitution
As you may already know, the Supreme Court heard arguments today regarding the case of a Washington DC resident who wants to own a gun [...]