The federal appeals court in Washington D.C. ruled Friday that the district’s 30-year-old ban on handguns in the home is unconstitutional. That’s a victory for common sense. What’s more important is that, for the first significant time since United States v. Miller, the courts have given an opinion regarding the question of individual firearms ownership.
Gun control advocates will try to sell you the idea that the Second Amendment is either: a) an antiquated throwback to the days of colonial resistance from King George or b) that it refers to the national guard and not individual citizens. Both assertions are patently false.
The Second Amendment guarantees the right of Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of liberty. Period.