Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court on Washington DC's handgun ban should be celebrated, but only mildly.
While the majority held that the Constitutional rights of citizens in DC were being violated, it’s scary as hell that four liberal justices were willing to throw out 2nd amendment rights for those same people.
In my new home here in Chicago, there is apparently a similar law to the one in DC, prohibiting homeowners from owning handguns. We’re not talking about “carrying”. We’re talking about keeping one in the home for the sole purpose of self-defense. And the Mayors of both DC and Chicago (Fenty and Daly) don’t think we should have that right in their “fair cities”.
DC is a violent place. I don’t have the statistics of how many people were shot by handguns in DC last year, but I bet you any amount of money that far less than even 2% or 3% of the shootings were done by solid, upright citizens in their homes. I can almost guarantee the vast majority, let’s say the other 98%, were committed by less-than solid citizens. Addicts, Car-Jackers, Burglars, and Gang-thugs. And most probably have previous encounters with the law. That’s your typical handgun user in both of these cities (and everywhere else for that matter). And both cities have had these laws on the books for at least two decades. It’s obviously working well! Right!
It’s the same ol’ truth that (some) people clearly understand; criminals will always have guns!
Chicago is experiencing it’s own little crime wave this summer. Gang violence is way up. An eight and a fourteen year old killed just in the last 10 days. I want to hear the brilliant Mayor Daly defend this law in context of the violence which continues. The only thing that he can (and will) say, is that the law is the only thing keeping the shootings from going any higher. That’s pure crap, and he knows it. I just love these two guys. Take away their bodyguards, there wrought-iron, electrified fences and their Mayoral positions, and then move their families into some of the more savory areas of their fair cities, and let’s see how they feel about owning a handgun then.
We should be very concerned about our Supreme Court. They seem to be evolving into a body that thinks more about modifying our Constitution than interpreting it. Just imagine if B. Hussein Obama gets a chance to place some Justices on that court! Can you imagine what Justice Hillary’s votes would do! Might as well line the birdcage with our individual Bill of Rights!
Very scary indeed.
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