Heller is upheld!
Jun. 26th, 2008 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuryFive of the nine Justices apparently still know how to read plain English.
This is momentous. The Brady Bunch and the rest of the "shall not be infringed means should be abolished" circus can go pound sand.
Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a
firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Pp. 2–53.
(a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but
does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative
clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it
connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms. Pp. 2–22.
The decision in its entirety is here.
Oh, what a joyous day!
This is momentous. The Brady Bunch and the rest of the "shall not be infringed means should be abolished" circus can go pound sand.
Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a
firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Pp. 2–53.
(a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but
does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative
clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it
connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms. Pp. 2–22.
The decision in its entirety is here.
Oh, what a joyous day!
