By Jeff Riley

On June 26th, 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States of America announced the long anticipated decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Scalia stated, in part:

The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

It is important to recognize that all nine Supreme Court Justices agreed that the right to possess a firearm is an individual right. The Court finally put a stake through the heart of the "collectivist theory" a theory that the individual right to own a firearm was predicated on belonging to an organized militia.

This is an important victory for gun and self-defense rights advocates, however as the saying goes "The devil is in the details".

Justice Scalia also wrote in his opinion:

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.

By Brian S. Stewart

Mayor Adrian Fenty and the anti-gun elites of Washington D.C. recently unveiled the district’s inevitable response to the historic D.C. v. Heller decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Court struck down the District’s blanket ban on handgun ownership (including inside the home) en route to establishing the Second Amendment as an individual right.

On July 14th, the Mayor issued a press release laying out the new restrictions he plans to inflict on the city’s residents.