More Heller Decision
I will admit that I was initially a bit disappointed as I read certain parts of the Heller decision. I was certainly aware that SCOTUS was unlikely to sweep away other oppressive gun laws in one fell swoop. So I was prepared for that. What I was less prepared for was Justice Scalia's explicit discussion of how the right isn't an absolute and how it was perfectly fine for legislatures to pass limits on the right to keep and bear arms.
However, I have since cheered up because the implications are much better for us than for the gun grabbers. Why? Because despite Justice Scalia's magnanimous efforts to assuage the fears of local officials, the reality is that this ruling should (in theory) guarantee that we are more free than not. While state and local officials can carve exceptions out of the right (prohibitions on carrying in government buildings and schools were mentioned in the decision) they need to be exceptions, not the rule. So a state like NJ, which essentially doesn't allow concealed carry at all, would be acting unconstitutionally. For NJ to be acting constitutionally the law would need to allow concealed carry in general and then carve out exceptions based on specific circumstances.
Also, while Justice Scalia does not explicitly discuss the issue of incorporation (applying the second amendment to the states) the fact that he discusses what state and local legislators are able to do very much implies that it does. That may end up being a very big gift to us, indeed.