On June 27th 2008 the Supreme Court upheld the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self defense, and struck down the thirty year old Washington DC handgun ban. This of course has raised screams of anguish from people who haven’t actually read the Bill of Rights and who can make cheap political points by ‘tough on crime’ speeches.

The Supreme Court has recently upheld the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self defence, and struck down the thirty year old Washington DC handgun ban. This of course has raised screams of anguish from people who haven’t actually read the Bill of Rights and who can make cheap political points by ‘tough on crime’ speeches.