Indiana

Lock and Load

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

The U.S. Supreme Court has said you have an individual right to own a gun. It also said you do not have the individual right to own a weapon that can be fired from the shoulder.

The opinion in D.C v. Heller went through a very detailed (157 pages) analysis of the 2nd Amendment. In so many words the Court said the Second Amendment is an individual right and governments can’t just outright ban them.

It’s also important to remember the other part of what the Court’s opinion said…

“Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep an carry any weapon for any purpose whatsoever in any manner whatsoever for whatever purpose.”

This is called common sense. No total bans and reasonable restrictions. Who could argue with this?

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).