Posted by
Average Voter on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:58:51 PM
The Federal Supreme Court said they will hear the Washington D.C. handgun ban case District of Columbia v. Hellor.
Two good articles have been written on the issue. This one comes from the Wall Street Journal.
This one from Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit written for the New York Post.
Honestly, I am a little scared of the outcome. I am not convinced like some that the court will rule in favor of individual rights. Of course they may end up wording it in a way that won't address that issue. Yet, both of the articles above put a lot of weight into the presidential race and the candidates picking of sides about the issue. I just don't see that it matters which candidate is for gun control or who isn't. Besides, I don't think their is any question about who is in which camp.
The problem with the courts over the last few decades has been their desire to make their own laws and interpretations of laws. An issue as important as this one, regardless of what we as citizens think, can be changed from what we know today by a simple ruling of nine people. They could decide that guns are state run militia items and just like that we lose our right to own a firearm. And whether Mitt Romney or Hillary Clinton think we should or shouldn't have guns is irrelevant to the nine justices who sit on that bench.
My hope is after all is said and done with this case, we can put a nail in the coffin of handgun bans. Hopefully, we will give honest, law abiding citizens the ability to defend their lives on an even basis with those who don't live by the law.