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The Supreme Court`s decision striking down Washington, D.C.’s restrictive gun ban represented an individual interpretation of the Second Amendment, affirming each American’s right to keep and bear arms (with some restrictions)—as opposed to a collectivist interpretation giving that privilege only to the state. However, in the media buzz (and conservative rejoicing) over the opinion, it should be not overlooked that many questions remain unanswered. - [Read more]

The National Rifle Association announced plans today for a $40M campaign to paint Barack Obama as an opponent to Second Amendment rights. But the effort, first reported by Politico, doesn`t include -- at least as far as the NRA is specifying publicly -- a firm pitch for the presumptive GOP nominee, John McCain. - [Read more]

Barack Obama no longer appears to be the leader of a movement that will herald a "new kind of politics"; he is instead just another candidate running for office. - [Read more]

Quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg famously posited that it is impossible to precisely measure the position and momentum of a particle simultaneously. His "uncertainty principle," in popular usage, has come to mean that any attempt to observe something changes what is being observed. This is becoming an accurate description of Barack Obama`s quest for the White House. - [Read more]

The majority decision and expertly-reasoned opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, more commonly known as the D.C. hand gun ban case, represent a monumental development in 2nd Amendment rights. - [Read more]

"Repeal the Second Amendment," The Chicago Tribune editorialized. "The Supreme Court on Thursday all but ensured that even more Americans will die," said The New York Times. "[T]he Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms only in relation to service in a state militia." added The Washington Post. Those are a few of many editorial expressions of disgust from the mainstream media over the Supreme Court`s ruling. - [Read more]

The operative clause of the Second Amendment — The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed — was nearly erased from the Constitution in 1939 by a muddled and confusing Supreme Court opinion in United States v. Miller. But, apparently embarrassed by seven decades without a coherent explanation of the right celebrated during the Framing era as "the true palladium of liberty," the court rediscovered the Second Amendment. - [Read more]

“When I need a break from the Obama brainwashing and my daily grind of writing and hosting ClashRadio.com, not only do I drink six gallons of Ketel One, dance on tables in Greek restaurants, and chill with mi familia (as Obama would have us say), but I dream about and prepare for my next hu,” writes Doug Giles. “Herewith are ten reasons why I dig hunting . . .” - [Read more]

Imagine if a group of rabid creationists started fire-bombing the homes of University of California professors to prevent them from teaching evolution. Area politicians would be holding competing press conferences to assure the public that they would take on the violent zealots, who have declared war, not only on good academics and their families, but on science itself. No need to imagine. Across California, a different group of zealots has done just that. - [Read more]

Evanston aldermen unanimously voted to amend the city`s 27-year-old handgun ban last week at a special closed-door meeting in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a similar ban in the District of Columbia. - [Read more]

The Transportation Security Administration may allow airports to ban firearms from terminals, parking lots, roads and other airport areas where many states currently allow passengers to carry. - [Read more]

In the first hours of the first day that it was legally possible to register handguns in the nations capital, only one person showed up to do so--and he was turned away because he didnt bring his weapon with him.

Capitol Hill resident Dick A. Heller, whose lawsuit prompted the landmark Supreme Court ruling that scuttled the citys strict firearms control laws, arrived at D.C. police headquarters at 6:30 a.m., 30 minutes before the new gun registration process was scheduled to begin. - [Read more]

It’s unfortunate that news media and policymakers continue to mistake the wealthy and radical Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for a mainstream animal welfare group (“Help those who cannot help themselves,” 7/18/08). HSUS is a “humane society” in name only, pursuing the same fringe goals as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It’s also far richer. And maybe a little smarter. - [Read more]

The founders were absolutely right in that individuals need to keep and bear arms in their homes and if needed on their person to protect their lives, family and property. And given the events that shaped our nation (which most of us seem to forget), we also may need them to protect us from the tyranny of our own government. - [Read more]

Caught speeding in Highland Park in April in his father`s Acura RSX, Ryan Narciso found out the hard way about a recent change in a New Jersey gun law that could send him to prison for three years. - [Read more]

In discussions of last Thursday`s District of Columbia v. Heller ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia`s majority opinion has, naturally, been front and center. But the two dissents are important as well. They show the four liberal justices` complete willingness to subordinate the Constitution to their own policy preferences. - [Read more]

An unlikely coalition of environmentalists, oil companies, government agencies and shippers is joining to ask the nation to invest in restoring the degraded landscapes of the western Gulf Coast and bolster oil production. - [Read more]

Almost three decades after Morton Grove became the first city in the country to outlaw handguns, village officials will decide later this month whether to lift that ban.

Trustees will be considering an ordinance to eliminate the villages 1981 handgun ban following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturning a similar ban in Washington D.C. - [Read more]

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State leaders are continuing to battle over what, if any, information should be public record when it comes to Virginia`s concealed carry permits. - [Read more]