Heston Would Be Very Happy

The Supreme Court ruled today that Americans have the right under the Constitution to own and keep handguns in their homes for self defense. Believe it or not, it's the first time the Supreme Court ever made a ruling on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment. The Court voted 5-4 and struck down Washington D.C.'s ban on handguns. Writing for the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia said; The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home." Scalia added that the handgun is Americans' preferred weapon of self defense because "it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police." Back in April when legendary actor and long time President of the National Rifle Association Charlton Heston passed away, I wrote the article; "Champion Of The Second Amendment". It was part homage to Heston and part hysterical rant. To me the issue could not be more simple; Americans have a Constitutional right to own firearms, period. This fact is not, nor should it be, open to interpretation. How do I come to this conclusion? The answer is simple; I CAN READ! The Second Amendment of The Constitution 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." We the People......that's us.
What part of "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed", do the dissenters fail to understand. Is it that they fail to understand or simply do not care and want to remake America to suit their own agenda? In a dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons." Why is this moron even on the Supreme Court? That's exactly what the Framers of the Constitution sought to do, limit the power of elected officials and permit THE PEOPLE to retain that power you jackass! Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas." Sure let the criminals have all of the guns in "crime-ridden urban areas" and leave families in their homes defenseless. Well that will sure help......THE CRIMINALS you $%#%#!!!! My blood pressure is spiking so I will calm down..Whew. What gets me going is the fact that the issue is really simple at heart and some still refuse to get it. Take for example, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty. He said "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence." That is just plain crazy talk. The criminals are going to do whatever the hell they want. They are not waiting around saying "well I guess we will not knock over the liquor store today with that ban on handguns in place". The criminals will get their weapons illegally. Here is a crazy idea; let's work to get the guns out of the hands of the criminals and leave licensed gun owners alone. Well in spite of the narrow minded morons in this Country, today was still a victory. Good old Charlton Heston would have a big grin on his face right now, God rest his soul.