Supreme Court Decides Gun Rights Case Today

The District of Columbia vs. Heller gun rights case will be decided today by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court will issue all remaining decisions, including Heller, today at 10 AM.

For a minute-by-minute liveblog of the Court's public session, click here to go to SCOTUSblog (Supreme Court of the United States blog), beginning at 10 AM EDT.

At issue is the constitutionality of the ban on handguns within the District of Columbia. Observers say this will be the most significant high court ruling on the Second Amendment in the past 100 years.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 11/13/07

Images courtesy of A Human Right.

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

David Codrea of The War on Guns reports that the U.S. Supreme Court this morning took no action on the D.C. v. Heller case. The next possible date of action will be Nov. 26:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/11/court-takes-no-action-in-guns-case.html

Armed and Safe says that the Chair of the Virginia Tech panel has called for 'the end of gun proliferation':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/11/virginia-tech-panel-chairman-end-gun.html

Bowling Against Bullets? Sounds like something that idiot Michael Moore would title one of his new pieces of shit. But this is a special drive at a bowling alley in Philly. A Keyboard and a .45 has the story:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/11/bowling-against-bullets.html

Sebastian blogs on gun care and gunsmithing:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1909

The Bitch Girls report that STI International will no longer do business in California due to the utterly stupid microstamping law that the legislature and the Terminator passed:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7593

Robb Allen reports that his Mother has begun to feel the effects of chemotherapy. She needs extra prayer:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/11/13/Day-89--Downhill-a-bit.aspx

You GOTTA see the ATF cartoons Ryan has posted on the Red's Trading Post blog:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/11/atf-cartoons-adventures-of-western-arms.html

Breda has a great post today on guns and art:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/11/art-imitates.html

Traction Control posts a mini-review of the Call of Duty 4:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=778

Tam has a great read today on Smith & Wesson wheel guns, Colts, and Rugers:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/11/yes-we-have-no-bananas.html

Oscar Poppa reports that there is a major situation a-brewin' at a gun shop in downtown Austin, Texas:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=781

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel give us some gun smut as they share with us the 'blackfive'--their collection of five black guns:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/11/13/blackfive/

Blogstitution says that Hillary's woes continue to mount with a terrible photo-op, and he has the video for you to see:
http://www.blogstitution.com/2007/11/12/a-bad-omen/

Speaking of the Hildabeast, Mike McCarville has a link to something you MUST read on the woman who would be President:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/11/bunker-hillary.html

John Lott posts excellent commentary on private property and smoking bans. I have always maintained that government has no right to tell citizens what they can and cannot do on their own property. But in these days of Big Brother and nosy, snoopy neighbors, that is flying out the window:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/11/jason-lewis-gives-inspired-commentary.html

Michelle Malkin reports that a white southern female Democrat politician has used a racial slur against an African-American. So, does this mean that her cohorts are going to demand her resignation, vilify and demonize her, censure her, demand at least 3000 public apologies, and force her to go at least 2 years without employment, you know, like they do Republicans who say nothing near as bad as what she did?"
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/11/13/talk-to-you-later-buckwheat-democrat-blames-eddie-murphy/

The NRA offers commentary on the loss of a Bloomberg surrogate in Virginia who was running for a state Senate seat:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3284

For a riveting look at what's going on in London and the U.K., here is internationally-known commentator Melanie Phillips' latest entry:
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=549

National Review has commentary on Fred Thompson picking up the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee--which is considered a major coup. And despite rumor to the contrary, Fred's voting record in the Senate earned him a 100% rating on pro-life issues:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGZlMzczNzM2YjViOWNjODdhN2U1MmUxOWI2YmRkMmU=&w=MA==

Supreme Court May Decide on Parker/Heller Tues.

In what was formerly known as 'the Parker case,' the District of Columbia v. Heller was presented in conference on Friday for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the petition to hear the case. The high court may release an announcement as soon as tomorrow (Tuesday) concerning whether or not they have agreed to review Heller.

The NRA posted the following last Friday about Heller at the Supreme Court:

'The U.S. Supreme Court is in conference today to consider the petition for the District of Columbia v. Heller (formerly known as Parker) case. The Court may have an announcement as soon as next Tuesday as to whether they will review the case. If they choose to hear it, the case will likely be heard in early 2008. If the Court refuses to hear the case, the lower court's decision, which struck down the D.C. gun ban as unconstitutional, will stand.'

In other words, the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case would be a victory for gun rights in this country. Their declining to review the case would mean that a lower court ruling, which stated that D.C.'s anti-Second Amendment laws are unconstitutional, will stand, and thus, the District of Columbia would be forced to rescind it's gun ban ordinances.

If, on the other hand, the Supreme Court agrees to review the case, everything is up in the air. While one can take some comfort in the fact that conservatives and one swing vote have a majority on the Court, one must also remember that this is the very same Court that has basically ripped to shreds the private property rights of American citizens--rights that are also clearly delineated in the Constitution.

While it would be right and proper for the Supreme Court to once and for all clearly state what the Founders believed and wrote about gun rights, thus putting to rest the debate over individual rights in this nation, it may well be better under the circumstances if the Court refuses to hear the case and let's the lower court ruling stand.

That would also be a victory for gun rights.