Daily Archives: March 19, 2008

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DC vs. Heller: Off the Reservation

While I’m ecstatic to see the unanimous opinions of the Supreme Court supporting individual rights, the question remains: how far and deep will the effects be felt?

Does it mean we’ll see every gun regulation on the books wiped tomorrow? I’d love to be able to order guns from a catalog. I should be able to buy a silencer for $100 so I don’t have to worry so much about my hearing. Drop-in auto sears should be $20 and legal.

In short, I should be allowed to own whatever I want, and I should not have to justify it to the government. That’s the way our system was intended to work.

But I’m not holding my breath.