"This probably won't do much about the really asinine gun laws, like mag cap restrictions, automatic firing pin safeties and "military appearance.""

"They completely overlook the purpose of the second ammendment. It isnt to protect the owners home, it is to give people the opportunity to arm themselves during a revolution. Thats why it was instated in the first place.

I dont get why some federal laws are ignored why others upheld. Some states that have decriminalized marijuana dont get hassled by federal drugs regulations. The drug is illegal federally, and the state should uphold that.

When states and cities outlaw handguns, the feds should step in and defend the 2nd ammendment.

Most government officials have been wiping their ass with the constitution for the last 70 years anyways."

"I also agree it is not right to ban guns in an area that has too many shooting. It is not right to ban guns anywhere in the US. But I think some people should not go within 10 feet of a gun and I bet we all know someone like that.

I like this from the article: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an ardent proponent of gun control, said the ruling allows cities "to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists while at the same time respecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens."

New York does not ban guns, but restricts who can have them...All you have to do is spend a few hours filling out paper work."

"No, they can't."

"I know you think, Pedro, that the "rounding us up" scenario is ridiculous, but I don't.

Demonizing firearms seems to have become a national pastime amongst certain segments of society here, and I can't say that they have been unsuccessful. I tend to think that that is the end goal, after all. Especially when they have access to those who are still in their formative years.

I think the whole purpose of the owning firearms is to give the government pause before they "attack' their own citizenry, whether through laws that are enacted without our input or through actual force. We have checks and balances in our government, and this is just one more check on the government to ensure the autonomy of the individual. Our Consitituion and Bill of Rights places a lot of importance on the individual. and his rights.

Anyway, I do think that the end goal is to disarm us. It would give the government unprescedented power over us and we would have no means to repel it. I don't think it will happen today, not even five years from now. But it will happen eventually, twenty, thirty years down the road, unless it is stopped.

So, I can be thought of as a crackpot lunatic. I don't mind. I'd rather be that and on the lookout for my own liberty, than to have that liberty silently stolen away from me, and no recourse to gaining it back."