High court affirms gun rights in historic decision — AP

The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States Constitution grants people the right to own guns, something that should be obvious to anyone who would just read the Second Amendment itself.

The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia, a once-vital, now-archaic grouping of citizens. That’s been the heart of the gun control debate for decades.

Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said an individual right to bear arms exists and is supported by “the historical narrative” both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. It can’t be any plainer. There are already people lamenting the decision, expecting gun-related violence to increase; however, if one just takes a moment to think about it, one will see that the only people affected by this ruling are the people that were getting killed by murderers.

Those in DC (which has one of the highest murder rates in the country) who were not allowed to own guns (everyone), and who followed the law, were the ones getting killed. Those who were shooting people with guns obviously didn’t follow the law that said they couldn’t own one, thus they owned guns “illegally.” Those that would shoot people who would break in and rape or murder their wife or children are the ones actually affected by the ruling: now they can defend themselves.

I’m going to make an easy prediction: gun violence is going to go down over the next few years in all cities that had handgun bans.