Say Hello To My Little Friend

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 ruling that D.C.'s 32-year gun ban violates the Second Amendment, and that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense and hunting. But Gun owners should not get too excited about this as gun control advocates are already hard at work to make life tough on gun owners, in spite of the Constitution. This decision actually gives gun control advocates more wiggle room and under the of compliance with the Supreme Court, they may actually toughen gun laws. David M. Bresnahan points out, "the decision made clear that there can be restrictions placed on how guns are obtained, where guns can be carried, who can have them, and so on." He also encourages gun owners to be more active in politics if they want to keep their rights. Heck, the D.C. Attorney General has assured the police department than there will be a period of arguments before the injunction comes to force the city to end the ban, and that after that they will have a new gun control policy in place. He said, "we will start dealing with regulations on the questions of how do you register a legal handgun... it will have to be of a certain type to be registered, and it cannot be a semi automatic or automatic." Great, so until November only the criminals and police will have guns, and after November citizens will be poorly armed in comparison to criminals... reminds me of the Soviet - Afghan war before the U.S. Congress got involved?

Anyone thinking "War on Crime" is not a real war?

But not to worry... because here locally, we are working on more solutions to the crime problem reminiscent to the days of the Old West. Citizens in Texas want to be able to strap on a handgun and wear it - anytime, anyplace. The co-founder of www.OpenCarry.org says that traditionally "the concealed-carry part was what was looked at with disdain." So far over 3,500 have signed a petition for open-carry, and many see that open carry would be a better deterrent than concealed-carry, which according to some experts "has swept the country in past decades and been a great benefit to law-abiding citizens to be able to protect themselves in an uncertain world." Of course not everyone is for it with one local law enforcement officials saying, "I really think it would cause a lot of uneasiness in the community, with people seeing so many guns... It could create more problems than it would solve." Do you think open carry will make the world a safer place? It works for the U.S. military...