Supreme Court to hear gun ban case today

I admit that I haven't followed this case too closely other to hear the generalities that it involves the Second Amendment. Nevertheless, the D.C. Gun Ban case is to be argued today and will undoubtedly spark controversy for everybody no matter what the court decides. I'll refrain comment other than to point out that once again, the headline writers show their skills at reading the articles to which they assign headlines. See CNN's Gun Ban Decision: This Time, It's Personal. See also High Noon For the Second Amendment. For reference sake, the text of the Second Amendment states, rather simply, "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 case is about whether the anti-Federalist or Federalist position is the one that was adopted (sort of).

The faux movie reference is mildly amusing, but my tiff is with this somewhat misleading sentence: "Today, the Supreme Court will decide whether the city's sweeping ban on handgun ownership violates an individual's constitutional right to 'keep and bear arms.'" I'm not sure they are deciding anything today, but they are certainly going to hear 30 minutes of why the point is right and then 30 minutes on why the counterpoint is. Might be worth catching on the cable rebroadcasts, and it should be almost as exciting as a rerun of Laguna Beach.

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