Supreme Court Upholds 2nd Amendment Right

I saw that earlier today, very happy.... although FOUR people still voted against our rights. :tsk:

 

I don't get it.

I mean, I can understand their argument, that more guns in homes mean more gun thefts, and more guns in the hands of bad guys.

But... If I'm the bad guy. Right now I'm thinking "Well, this law abiding person can't have a gun, but I'm a criminal, so I do have one. I can break into this house with no worry."

Where now they will be thinking.. "If I break into that house, I might get my ass shot!"

Here in Utah there is no gun control. And the concealed weapon permits are pretty easy to get. I would wager that 80% of households have a gun. We don't have a lot of home invasions either.

 

Put a smiley on my face.

BZ

 

That was some good news! But like Shorty, I am a little disturbed that the decision was that close. Today's political landscape is full of those that feel that the Constitution is constantly open to new translation and that's just not the case. Sure there can be amendments made, but if in the end the amendments make the original document null, then there will be no more republic.

The original document was designed to protect civil liberties and control the government. Not the other way around. Rarely do you see laws being passed or bills signed in that are designed to obstruct a politician in any way other than something regarding money, either campaign finance or embezzlement scams. But our founding fathers knew how governments could get out of control and designed all of the checks and balances in place to avoid just that. Now go watch c-span and see which sport our congress is overseeing today! Baseball, football, thumb-wrestling, next thing it will be elementary school hop-scotch.

Sorry for the rant, but that was some good news about our gun rights!!!!

Vs

 

Good news indeed. I'm sure the anti's messed their shorts over this. You can bet they are hard at work trying to fight it. Chalk one up for the good guys :vader:

 

Definately good news. And I agree with Shorty too. That is a bit disturbing. Though I may be misunderstanding the whole thing, I thought this was more about hand guns. The upholding of the 2nd Ammendment just goes to show (and prove what everyone should already know) that the rigth to "bear arms" includes a hand gun, not just a rifle. As for the four who were against.....well they are entitled to their interpretation too, even in if was incorrect and they go over-ruled.

 

Only the criminals are allowed to have guns up here. Gas is high, cell phone plans suck, taxes are high... I'm bitter this morning, Sorry.

 

This is a step in the right direction, that's for sure. Too bad in NJ, it's STILL illegal to use deadly force to proctect oneself. To put it in very clear terms, the CPRofNJ expects you to cower in fear if your home is invaded. You are not permitted to confront an invader even if you are in grave danger. If you take matters into your own hands & introduce the invader to a .357 Mag Federal Hydashok, you WILL go to prison with murder charges. No, I am not exagerating.

KC-10 FE out...
lane: :usa2:

 

better to be judged be 12 than carried by 6..... :2guns:

 

Political landscape is still bent the wrong way . I is full of a bunch of DoGooders and MeanWells thta think the know what is best ofr the rest of us and that most people aren't educated enough to make thier own decisions.

The sad fact is that most Americans do not understand politics or the roll they play in politics.

I am from No. Va and remember when the Ban went into effect. My relatives had to ship their guns out of the district to live with us to avoid having them destroyed.
I also have watched the city's crime rate climb ever since and for the past 20 years DC has been in contention for top honors for Murder Capitol of the USA. All of which was lower before the Ban.

 

HI....
I think and hope no VFR owners have guns or other weapons....Here, in Europe the Law permits to have a gun only if you do a certain job (risk to be robbed...). Personally, I hate weapons, I never had a gun or a dangerous knife, despite the fact I live in a country (Italy...) where the delinquency rate is rather high...
On my personal experience, if you have not a gun in your pocket you may hope to survive to a robbery loosing some money, as it happened to me, but if a "bad guy" notices you have a gun he will shot you before you notice him....
Well, let's hope a better world without guns...
Lamps to all VFR owners !!!!!

 

Right or wrong this was the first time since 1791 the SC has come out and definitely stated the second amendment's intention. Up to now they've always danced around the issue.

DC has had this ban in effect for 30+ years, so there must be some solid data on how many homeowners were being murdered every year in their homes by these criminals, and maybe some pre-ban data to compare? In all the reporting I haven't seen any statistics, it would be good to know if they've solved a problem that did or did not exist.

 

VFRShorty has a ak and it suits her

 

there are statistics. and the number of murders has gone up. it hasn't doubled or anything dramatic but it has risen... it will be interesting to see if it goes down after this.

you should hear the dirt bag mayor of Chicago speak. very disturbing

 

i like your avatar.

colleges also allow CC in utah. no major school shootings that i know of.

 

SCOTUS Ruling

I just ordered some more hardware last weekend, a small .380 automatic pistol for concealed carry and a home security 12 ga. pump anticipating another wrong-headed liberal ruling from SCOTUS. Finally one went the right way, though a little too close for comfort. Rememebr "...from my cold dead hands...":bootyshake2:

 

I knew we wern't the only ones who wanted to keep our rights. I would hide mine before I gave them up. Some date back to the 1800s, so I'm happy. Lets go shoot something. And there's almost nothing sexier than a beautiful woman with a gun!!!! :wink::wink:

 

Wow. That is ridiculous.

In celebration of the supreme court decision, I get to finally pick up my newest gun to add to my collection this weekend....an exclusive model Coyote-brown Para Ordnance SF45 (1911). It comes with 5 additional high-cap mags and tritium sights, and its custom made with the Special Forces crest and our SF Battalion logo etched onto the rear-end of the slide. I am peeing myself with anticipation.....