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I think this clip says it all. In choosing Sen. Biden as his running mate, Sen. Obama has demonstrated to gun rights supporters what his policies will really be.

Here is a link to a  video of Wayne La Pierre (of the NRA) and Paul Helmke (of the Brady Campaign) on Hardball with Chris Matthews.  This would best be described as a resounding win for Wayne.  Hat tip to Ahab by way of Sebastian.

There is something rather substantial in the debate that I think [...]

Here are a couple priceless quotes from Justice Stevens' dissenting Heller opinion.

"The Court would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to
elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons…"

"There is no indication that the Framers of the [Second] Amendment intended to enshrine the [...]

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 [...]

That was my mother's comment about the recent Heller decision issued by the Supreme Court.  I couldn't agree more.  The ruling decisively establishes in law what ceased to be a serious debate among constitution scholars years ago: that the second amendment refers to an individual right, not a collective right.

The ruling strikes down Washington, DC's [...]