U.S. Court of Appeals: 2nd Amendment protects individual right

And now for a HUGE interruption of my long litany of bad news on the gun rights front. A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington has determined the obvious--that the "collective right" interpretation of the Second Amendment is utter hogwash.

The decision came in a battle over the Constitutionality of Washington DC's longstanding ban on handguns. This ruling marks a vast, and long overdue shift in the way federal courts have looked at gun rights. The battle is far from over, with a Supreme Court fight looking likely, but the outlook may be brighter than it has been since 1934.

This will be a short entry, because I'm still trying to figure out the complexities (the entire decision--all 75 pages of it--is here), but there will be plenty of news about this for quite awhile.

The Victim Proliferation Center is in a shrieking, hysterical panic over it. The last sentence is absolutely classic:

While today’s decision is a dream come true for America’s gun lobby and gunmakers, it may mark the beginning of a long, national nightmare from which we will never recover as nation.

Aww--poor sheeple. It's enough to make them lose their appetite for tofu-kiwi burgers. I'm waiting with bated breath for what the Gun Guys have to say about it.

This could be huge, folks.