Comments on: Supreme Court To Decide D.C. Handgun Ban

Divisive Case Is First "Right To Bear Arms" Examination In Nearly 70 Years

[marcodele]

This is a no brainer. The Bush/Bush Supreme Court will uphold the lower court and declare the ban unconstitutional. Those neocons love their guns.
It''s like a second peniss to them.

[newsguy11]

It''s a moot point for the Supreme Court to weigh in on this issue. Ban or no ban, the violent handgun crimes are still happening. The majority of the shootings that occur are committed by people who weren''t supposed to have handguns in the first place, those who are felons, don''t have a license, bought their guns on the black market, etc. So discussing bans on handguns is just a waste of air. Something of more substance should be done to deal with gun violence.

[roger_inkart]

Well, the SCOTUS is stacked in the conservatives favor, so the status quo will be maintained.

Of course, the conspiracy nut in me thinks there _will_ be a change, Blackwater will become Bush/Cheney''s personal army and the administration will ''suspend'' all elections until further notice.

How bizarre would that be? Progressives and gun owners united against the fascists in the White House?

[newsguy11]

Actually my settings are pretty secure but CBS still manages to throw a curveball around them sometimes. My point is that CBS News shouldn''t be putting pop-up ads on the site in the first place.

[oeangus]

newsguy11 - I don''t get popups on this site. It''s your CPU and settings.

[oeangus]

Only hicks and rednecks believe carrying a gun is a right. It is the 21st century now, people. Wake up and smell the enlightenment.

[newsguy11]

These pop-up ads that appear on CBSNews.com aren''t good business. Nobody wants to see them and I close out on them before I even see what they''re about.

[oscarez]

"the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" in nearly 70 years"

I''ll bet the NRA is just about to have a cow. The NRA says "when we march in Washington for YOUR gun rights we need our trusty AK47 handy for protection".

[dana417]

That''s not right. We''re losing our rights in this country. Signed a Democrat Gun Owner CCW.

[jetranger7]

The NEO-CON IDIOTS are really pressing for this!!! Just More ways for the Corrupt Fraudulent Bush Institute to control America is by Ignoring the Constitutition,,, this is just a prelude of whats to come across the united states, criminals will have guns and we law bidding citizens will be at mercy of a rubber band I guess !! Of course it helps that BUSH has powerful friends that sit on that Supreme court, the very ones that put the idiot in power-go figure ! Theres more to come it isn''t over yet, this is just the beginning !!!

[dan9111]

So sad. There will be those who say having guns is right, and those that say having guns is wrong. But very few on either side are consistent on the matter.

If cops and military are "allowed" to have guns, then one can only suspect that owning guns is a good thing. Otherwise, if it isn''t a good thing, then it is wrong to make an exception whenever a uniform is worn.

Logic is pretty clear on this. You can either ban them all without exception, cops and all on the same day, or else leave things alone. Anything else is pure inescapable hypocrisy. Sure, we all know what the Constitution says. But worse yet, any "gun ban" will most certainly be a violent assault on common sense as well, leaving us all vulnerable to further violence.