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As a follow-up: in case the government will not get the message from the LAST Supreme Court decision I cited here:
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. [...]
(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.
[...]
The “militia” comprised all males physically
capable of acting in concert for the common defense. The Antifederalists
feared that the Federal Government would disarm the people in
order to disable this citizens’ militia, enabling a politicized standing
army or a select militia to rule. The response was to deny Congress
power to abridge the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear
arms, so that the ideal of a citizens’ militia would be preserved.
Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion; this should be interesting. People are going to be frothing at the mouth over the SYLLABUS on this one...
I'm going to be up for a while tonight, reading this...
(For the record: I'm more libertarian than conservative, but I do enjoy Scalia's written opinions. I disagree with the crazy bastard a LOT of the time, but he can write really well and he's always interesting to read. I read SCOTUS decisions as much for entertainment as I do for the actual decision.)