SCOTUS Rules All Americans Have Fundamental Right To Bear Arms

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has ruled for the first that the Second Amendment provides all Americans a fundamental right to bear arms. A prior ruling was not needed because this was clearly understood by our forefathers. The ruling is a victory for gun rights advocates who have objected to the federal, state and local efforts to restrict gun ownership. SCOTUS ruled 5 to 4 which although favorable, means the liberal's still do not see the Bill of rights as absolute rights granted all American citizens.

What precipitated this ruling was a restrictive handgun law in Chicago that was similar to the District of Columbia law which was overturned previously in 2008. Chicago argued that the prior 2008 case dealt with Federal land and not State, City or Communities. The SCOTUS ruling made it clear, that people have a right to own guns which cannot be abridged and made a crime.

Unfortuantely, the SCOTUS decision does not address all the other gun control measures that are in place, but the decision provides a legal basis for challenges across the country where gun owners think that government has been too restrictive. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote for the conservatives on the court: "Tt is clear that the Framers . . . counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty."

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a Democrat, says he's disappointed by Monday's Supreme Court decision and that he realize Chicago's gun law would be struck down. Just what we have come to expect froma liberal elitists. While Democrat Senators Representatives have avoid comment and are busy pushing the SCOTUS nomination of another liberal elitist, Elena Kan, below are some comments by two Republicans:

Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), in a press release, praised the Supreme Court's ruling today that the Second Amendment applies equally to Federal, State, and local governments. "Today the Court maintained what Americans already know; our right to keep and bear arms is absolute. As the founders understood, the individual's right to self protection is endowed by the creator, not by the government," Blackburn said.

"I regret that the ruling on so obvious an issue was a narrow one. This 5-4 ruling highlights how important the confirmation hearings underway in the Senate are. Elena Kagan will do the nation a disservice if she is less than explicit in her views of 2nd Amendment rights. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to examine her position on this issue closely."

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) paraphrased the SCOTUS ruling in his opening statements today and said: "Sometimes judicial activists create new rights - and sometimes they actively undermine the rights in our Constitution. For example, we can see the different approaches to constitutional interpretation in this morning's landmark 5-4 decision on gun rights, McDonald v. City of Chicago. The five Justices who voted to apply the Second Amendment to the Chicago gun ordinance relied on history and precedent. On the other hand, the four Justices who voted not to apply the Second Amendment instead relied heavily on public policy arguments." It's imperative to know, Cornyn said, "Will the nominee enforce the written Constitution and not invent new rights?"

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