Wednesday, January 7, 2009

"Since 'Heller', it’s Gun Control: 60, Individual Right: 0."

Before the Supreme Court’s decision, none of the numerous challenges to gun control laws raised in recent months would have had any hope of winning. Now, with a revolutionary ruling recognizing a renewed individual right to keep and bear arms, they still have no hope of winning.

About the only real change from Heller so far is that gun owners have to pay higher legal fees to find out they lose.

Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, at ACSblog, on District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. __ (2008)