SCOTUS Supports the "Joe Doakses"
By RollingThunder Posted in The Courts — Comments (2) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
I believe yesterday was a great day in American jurisprudence. By a 5-4 decision, The Supreme Court of The United States upheld the rights guaranteed to us by The Second Amendment. District of Columbia v. Heller involved a prohibition of handguns as well as all other weapons in the District of Columbia.
Justice Antonin Scalia went into great detail to inform us of the meaning, both past and present, of such important terms as “weapon” and “militia.” Justices Stevens and Breyer did their best to persuade us that The Second Amendment only applies to those involved in military service or law enforcement. My apologies to Mr. Justice Stevens and Mr. Justice Breyer, but after carefully reading the majority opinion, I cannot subscribe to that view at all.
The District of Columbia’s justification for such draconian measures as this ban is because of the high crime rate in the district. While there have been many in recent past that will attempt to show the link between access to firearms and increase in crime, I cannot believe this assertion either, because crime is not a result of access to weapons, but of the motive of the perpetrator. Some will call this belief naïve, but I welcome comments, of a respectful and intelligent nature, on anything I write.
The ululations have already begun from those who will decry this decision as anarchistic and contributing to the “crime emergency in the district. I think another outcome may happen, however. Suppose for the sake of discussion that now with “ordinary citizens” being allowed to carry handguns in The District of Columbia, someone wants to rob someone of their wallet on the street. Would that be a wise thing to do seeing as the perpetrator in question will not know whether his intended victim has a handgun on his person? If the perpetrator has any sense at all, which is another question for another time, he may choose not to commit the act at all.
Cross posted at Bill's Threshingfloor
going into a house if they are unsure if there is a weapon in it!
Freedom of Religion NOT Freedom from Religion
that crime hasn't really gotten better since 1978 when they pased this stupid law ... might as well try something else.
I mean, I support Heller in principle as well, but even just practically don't you have to try something else.