5-4: Supremes Affirm Gun Rights Nationwide

The Supreme Court ruled for the first time Monday that the Second Amendment provides all Americans a fundamental right to bear arms, a long-sought victory for gun rights advocates who have chafed at federal, state and local efforts to restrict gun ownership.

The court was considering a restrictive handgun law in Chicago and one of its suburbs that was similar to the District law that it ruled against in 2008. The 5 to 4 decision does not strike any other gun control measures currently in place, but it provides a legal basis for challenges across the country where gun owners think that government has been too restrictive.

"It is clear that the Framers . . . counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty," Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote for the conservatives on the court.

mrhenry's analysis:
I posted this article because four of the Supreme Court Justices essentially voted AGAINST the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution. How long till we see a vote on our 1st Amendment rights of free speech (exercise of religion). These so-called 'Justices' are ideologues and activists and are interpreting our laws in light of their twisted world view. Just one more vote the other way...