Interesting tidbit, I picked up in analysis of the McDonald...

http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/06/mcdonald-impact-slew-of-new-legal-challenges/

I think that beside the fact of incorporation, the fact, that now it is considered a FUNDAMENTAL right, and subject to strict scrutiny, is a block-buster and a real "game changer" to come out of this opinion.

Thoughts, Comments...

Go ahead run it down...Fact remains, it is now the law of the land, and the jist of that paragraph is in it..

it's a legal opinion... not a personal one... one which I happen to agree with... and get this, it's a binding one.

I guess in your "opinion", that must really suck, huh?

that this gun shit is such a priority. What a fucked up world humans have made this.

Right to equal protection under the law
Right to freedom of thought
Right to freedom of speech and press (cf. freedom of expression)
Right to freedom of association
Right to freedom of movement within the country
Right to vote in general election
Right to procreate irrespective of marital status or other classifications
Right to direct a child's upbringing
Right to marry the person of any race
Right to privacy
Right to property
Right to freedom of contract by parties with proportional bargaining power
Right to keep and bear arms

Right to privacy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut

There's a distinction between what you and I would consider "fundamental" and what the courts have ruled on.

The distinction is one of legality, not ethos.

What is missing that is should be there under current US law. Privacy was covered in another post

without compensation . Gone but not forgotten .

And that will be a great thing to watch

It's astounding to me that this gun shit is such a priority.

It shouldn't be. First of all, it is a Constitutional right specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Further, you may not know it, but President Obama and the Democratic Party have galvanized pro-firearms folks since 1994. It was a part of President Obama's campaign, and is still listed on www.change.gov under urban policy. It was also on www.whitehouse.gov under urban policy for the first few months of his term. His Attorney General, Eric Holder, floated the idea of a new Assault Weapons Ban shortly after his appointing. The Assault Weapons Ban is currently part of the Democratic Party Platform.

Once Democrats controlled Congress and the White House this sent pro-firearm folks into overdrive, and they continue to score huge advances in the courts, most notably with Heller and now, MacDonald.

What a fucked up world humans have made this.

Perhaps so. But it is nothing new. Since the beginning of time man has been a violent creature driven by his desires, whether for food, money, sex, or power. There have always been those among us who are unable or unwilling to hold their desires in check, and who have been willing to use violence against their fellow man to sate their desires.

What the firearm has done is made it so that virtually anyone can have the means to resist such predators, and that is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

everybody should be forced to live the way YOU want them to live.

The government should supply them for free.

have a first amendment laptop. Or better yet, a third amendment house.

You have to join the military... they will quarter you for your entire enlistment.

I understand it comes with papers and effects!