Supreme Court reads US Constitution

That may have been an oversimplification, of course. But the headline caption on the New York Times may have summarized it best.

<blockquote>"The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Second Amendment, which forbids Congress from infringing the right to keep and bear arms, applies to state and local governments as well."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29scotus.html
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The Bill of Rights is a list of some of the things that the Federal Government is forbidden from doing.

It does not grant rights to us. We already have those rights.

It is helpful to view the rest of those amendments in that light.

Look here for all the chatter about today's ruling: http://goo.gl/71ZL

Opinion is at http://www.scribd.com/doc/33659650/sc-mcdonald-08-1521

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