Diane Feinstein, after adjusting her carry piece, said:

I must admit as much as I knew this decision was coming, I was viscerally affected by the decision.

I remember both Justice Roberts and Justice Alito sitting in front of us and indicating how they would respect stare decisis and precedent – and this decision takes down 70 years of precedent.

Trouble is, no such precedent exists.

Bob Tuke, Senate Candidate:

The Second Amendment provides for a constitutional right of responsible gun ownership, and I support the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the absolute gun ban that had been enacted in our nation’s capital. If elected to the U.S. Senate, I will remain vigilant in upholding the right to bear arms of law abiding citizens of the United States.

More Dems like this please. And a twofer:

Russ Feingold:

I think this is a long overdue decision; I don’t think the precedent has been seriously reaffirmed in decades.

Compared to Lautenberg:

Today, President Bush’s radical Supreme Court justices put rigid ideology ahead of the safety of communities in New Jersey and across the country. This decision illustrates why I have strongly opposed extremist judicial nominees and will continue to do so in the future.

Those extremist judges with whom 73% of the population agrees!!!!!

Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership got like four supporters to show up!

CBS, your anti-gun bias is showing.

Well, one impact of Heller is honesty: Repeal the 2nd Amendment. Before, they just acted like it wasn’t there.

We’ve discussed issues with the dissent. And basically, they’re lazy. They are old, after all. For instance, some factual inaccuracies in the Heller dissents and, basically, saying we can’t change now that’s too hard.

Well, more evidence of their general laziness: Simply because it will be disruptive to existing (unconstitional) laws Breyer thinks that is a valid reason to allow the D.C. ban to stand.

That’s two Justices on the supreme court who basically said Why change what we’re doing, even if it is wrong? I though only conservatives did that?

Lots of stuff here.

NJ law chief says NJ laws not threatened by ruling

Post Heller: So What Gun Regulations Are Reasonable?

I’m thinking that telling handgunners to quit that hobby and take up stamp-collecting isn’t gonna go well with handgunners. After all, it’s probably hard to defend your family with a 19th century Queen Victoria stamp.

On Mayor Daley’s reaction to Heller:

He described America as a country of gun-lovers who export their weaponry to neighboring countries like Canada and Mexico, spreading violence to relatively peaceful areas.

Those quotes are now gone. But the google still sends you there.

Eric S. Raymond is back from his two year blogging break. I missed that guy. Looks like he’s back to get his civil disobedience on.

No, really. Over that little machine gun issue we discussed earlier. And one question has been answered:

She said it is not unusual for Blackwater to store automatic weapons because the company is licensed to sell, provide training on, or even manufacture firearms.

So, why the arrangement with the sheriff? And it seems ATF knew all along.

No Peanut Butter Heller Time for me.

Everyone is telling me their plans for celebrating this wonderful day. Sadly, I will not be. I’m sick as a dog. My celebratory drink will be Pepto-Bismol and my celebratory cigar will be hitting the sack early.

I haven’t read them yet (for reasons explained here) but David Hardy notes some errors in it, and I mean errors other than just being on the wrong side of history.

I mean, if I were a Republican running for office, I’d remind the over 70% of the population who think there is an individual right to arms exactly who appointed these four justices. Of course, they’re to blame for Souter.

Update: For some reason, I thought Stevens was a Carter appointee. Nope, a Ford guy. So, two of these bozos were Republican appointees?

This is making the McCain case pretty weak.

You’d think they would value a civil rights victory. Instead, they opt to prove they’re nothing but shills:

The Second Amendment has not been the subject of much Supreme Court discussion through the years. To the extent it has been discussed, the Court has described the Second Amendment as designed to protect the ability of the states to preserve their own sovereignty against a new and potentially overreaching national government. Based on that understanding, the Court has historically construed the Second Amendment as a collective right connected to the concept of a “well-regulated militia” rather than an individual right to possess guns for private purposes.

In Heller, the Court reinterpreted the Second Amendment as a source of individual rights. Washington D.C.’s gun control law, which bans the private possession of handguns and was widely considered the most restrictive such law in the country, became a victim of that reinterpretation.

The Court was careful to note that the right to bear arms is not absolute and can be subject to reasonable regulation. Yet, by concluding that D.C.’s gun control law was unreasonable and thus invalid, the Court placed a constitutional limit on gun control legislation that had not existed prior to its decision in Heller. It is too early to know how much of a constitutional straitjacket the new rule will create.

Let’s play spot the hysteria and spot the outright lies.

Chicago suit has been filed:

Gun Lobby Quickly Sues To Overturn Chicago Ban

That’s the headline. No where does it mention that the suing is actually going on.

Incorporation could follow.

Update: Whoops. I meant NRA as the gun lobby. Illinois State Rifle Association is on the ball.

DC presser here:

In addition, although the Court struck the safe storage provision on the ground that it was too broadly written, firearms at home should be kept either unloaded and disassembled or else locked except for use in self-defense in emergencies.

Uhm, you were just told no to that one. Don’t piss the court off.

Lots of stuff here.

A favorite: In response to Justice Stevens’ complaint that “hundreds of judges” have relied on the anti-individual rights interpretation of Miller, Scalia shot back: “their erroneous reliance upon an uncontested and virtually unreasoned case cannot nullify the reliance of millions of Americans (as our historical analysis has shown) upon the true meaning of the right to keep and bear arms.”

We’ve been doing it wrong so long, we may as well stick with it?

Press says right to arms is ‘new right’.

NRA to move on Chicago Gun Ban:

The NRA will file lawsuits in San Francisco, Chicago and several of its suburbs challenging handgun restrictions there based on Thursday’s outcome.

Good:

McCain: Chicago Gun Ban Infringes On Rights

What say you, Barack? Like most other things that are politically inconvenient, are you going to throw your gun-banning ways under the bus?

DC’s Attorney General is already getting his ‘reasonable restrictions’ on:

Among the likely regulations: Gun owners would have to be 18 or older and could not have been convicted of a felony or any weapon-related charge or have been in a mental hospital for the past five years. Registrants also will be finger-printed and required to pass a written test to be sure they understand the city’s gun laws, Nickles said.

At least initially, he added, residents would be limited to one handgun apiece. The city will set up a hotline for firearm registrations.

Wow, DC is the gift that keeps on giving. Your government is truly a gift.

The most important bit: The Heller decision is not the call of victory, but a call to battle.

Heh: DC ban struck down; bloggers run out of clever Heller headlines

Room to work.

My sources say Fenty is already laying down the law:

Semi-autos still banned (well, DC law classifies them as MGs)

No guns outside of home

Update: here:

Mayor Fenty has directed the Police Department to begin an orderly process for licensing handguns to citizens for home defense. Before you may lawfully possess a firearm, handgun or not, it must be licensed.

There must be a process within 21 days to register new handguns. During that time, the old law remains in effect. You MAY NOT POSSESS A HANDGUN INSIDE YOUR HOME at this time.

The City Council will be working with the Mayor to create effective regulations for storing firearms in your home.

I’d leave off that last bit. It’s what got you into trouble in the first place.

Codrea:

This is pretty much the outcome most of us expected–an individual rights ruling that leaves the door open for gun control

And also leaves the door open for challenging existing gun controls.

Short version: Even though these windmills keep kicking our asses, we will continue to charge them.

So send money!!!!! Getting your ass kicked is expensive.

Barack did I say that Obama: I didn’t mean all that stuff I said about supporting gun bans.

I keep seeing folks take issue with:

Because Heller conceded at oral argument that the D. C. licensing law is permissible if it is not enforced arbitrarily and capriciously, the Court assumes that a license will satisfy his prayer for relief and does not address the licensing requirement. Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home.

Like Kevin.

Stop freaking out. The court is stating appropriate relief and specifically stating that they’re not addressing the requirement.

Remember, Heller was very narrowly tailored on purpose.

Now, don’t you feel silly!

Josh Sugarmann: WAAAAAAAH!!!!

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