Is That Legal?IsThatLegal?The Heller Decision -- Saw That One Coming a Mile Away- June 26, 2008 Today, in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual the right to have a gun, at least in ones residence, and subject to reasonable regulation -- like no felons need apply, or don't bring a gun to a presidential inauguration . . . stuff like that. (The opinion can be downloaded here, courtesy of SCOTUSBLOG.) I posted in regard to Heller back on March 24th, after oral argument. My post focused on an 1846 ruling by the Georgia...http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2008/06/the_heller_deci.html |