After World War II
One senior Japanese General was asked why they didn’t invade America. His response was (roughly) “We knew everyone in America has a gun. We are not crazy.”
“WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for four colleagues, said the Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.”
Now after those clinker decisions handed down recently by the Supreme Court I was a touch concerned about this one. But thank God and the NRA our indivicual right to have a weapon is affirmed. So whether you carry a 1911 .45 or a Lady Smith, you can sleep better tonight.
And those who would subjugate us all (Soros, A.N.S.W.E.R. Barking Moonbats, Marxists and general elitist rif ram) can all eat dirt (or lead) and die.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Well, Miss Snubby is purring right now in her drawer right next to my Bible!
June 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Two of the most powerful weapons I know.