Bill Of Rights And The Supreme Court

The arguments on the D.C. v Heller was held today at the Supreme Court. Short summary, D.C. bans handguns and severely restricts other guns, and has one of the highest per capita crime rates in the world.

Not a lawyer, just a lowly engineer, but am a gun owner and CCW holder. I see things as right and wrong, black and white, not so much greys. I have no problem with anyone of sound competence owning any firearm they want, carrying anywhere they see fit. I assume that murder is against the law and the courts will get to the truth. The audio available is only this low quality C-Span rebroadcast. Maybe I can find a better audio feed later.

Transcript here.

How Statists think ...

I think the reasonableness standard of the handgun laws in the District, which are not completely banned, because there is licensed handguns in the District of Columbia for law enforcement, retired law enforcement, federal law enforcement, security agencies. So, there is not a complete ban on handguns.

~ Washington DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier

It was a packed house and will take days for the facts to get out.

Countertop was there... and he is optimistic. So am I, after listening to the audio, the individual right argument carried the day, it is the Bill of Rights, but with what restrictions is unclear.

My lowly opinion, the DC gun ban is history. Banning entire classes of firearms is not likely to stand.

David Hardy at his website has some notes here.

Professor of Law Eugene Volokh and his bloggers have good coverage, search on Heller.

SCOTUSblog also has some good posts up.