We'll learn of the Supreme Court ruling today.
I predict a solid win for the "individual right"-view. Either way, it's going to be an historic day in the history of the gun control debate.
UPDATE (9:50am): Heller poll at Uncle's.
I don't know how to answer, because A) I didn't buy an booze or cigars, good or otherwise, and B) guns and ammo have been buried in the back yard for months.
Also:
I think we'll probably be spending the next several decades arguing over exactly what Shall not be infringed means.
Absolutely we will.
Finally, he notes that both sides are going to be claiming victory, whatever the decision is. He's right, but I think most folks (at least those who aren't 100% invested in the losing side) will know that BS for what it is.
The coworker of mine who has said "What? You mean the National Guard?" every single time someone brings up the 2nd Amendment will have lost all of his previous arguments if the "individual right" view carries the day. He won't admit it, of course, and will adopt new tactics. But years of what he claimed was an argument-winning point will have evaporated in one morning.
A last thing to keep in mind is this: No matter which way the SCOTUS goes, their decision will define what the 2nd Amendment has been all along.
It's not that they're redefining it, and that this afternoon it will mean something different than it did yesterday. It's that they're going to decide what it's meant since the day it was written.
Ten minutes to go.


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Bram said:
Your co-worked was wrong all along in more ways than one. He was wrong because of the decision just read.
He was also wrong because when I was in the National Guard, I still had to obey NJ's insane gun laws - including paying $75 to apply for a Rifle / Shotgun license then waiting 3 months while the State Police called all my refrences. Being in the National Guard never gave me any more rights.
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