Supreme Court Extends Right to Bear Arms Nationwide

I must comment to the inaccuracy of this article, particularly the title. This ruling has done nothing for the people of Chicago, or anywhere else to "bear arms". This ruling merely refers to the right to "keep arms" in your own house, so the people of Chicago can now keep guns to protect their homes, but the streets are still off-limits. In Illinois, the law "Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon" (720 ILCS 5/24) states that it is a class 1 felony to carry even an unloaded gun on you. The right to "bear arms" meaning to have them on you, is still very much a myth in the state of Illinois.

To attempt to answer a previous posters question about what kind of guns you're allowed to own: The founding fathers were pretty clear about that in the federalist papers, arms were defined as up to and including any modern army's commonly issued weapons. This means, full auto M249's might be considered a valid arm for "the people" as that weapon is issued to many in the army, however tanks, stingers etc are not commonly issued. UMP45s, M4's, M14's, SCAR-H, SCAR-L's, even the M203 grenade launcher could all be considered "standard issue" somewhere in the world.

The ruling on the 2nd and 14th Amendments by the Supreme Court leave open all challenges to all laws regarding guns. Can convicts purchase and own weapons? Can anyone buy a fully automatic weapon, an rpg, a stinger missal, or even a tank? Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Do we want guns in schools? Do we want guns on airplanes? All these restrictions are now out the window because of the wording of the ruling. There are times when fundamentalism in interpreting the constitution contradicts the Bill of Rights. This is one of those times. Every gun law in the land was thrown out the window this morning. The only good thing to come out of this is there is no longer a need for the NRA.

BRAVO,

The 2nd Amendment is one of our fundamental rights, and now our US Supreme Court has articulated that right, to be fully incorporated across this nation, into the States and within local jurisdictions.

Charley Miller
Unaffiliated for US Senate
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