Blackmoor Vituperative

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For the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that individual Americans have the right to own guns for personal use, and struck down a strict gun control law in the U.S. capital.

Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns (from Yahoo! News)

I am amazed at this decision. The Supreme Court actually upholding the Constitution? I am flabbergasted.

Maybe the murder rate in in our nation’s capital will drop a bit now that law-abiding people are able to own the tools to defend themselves. No guarantee of that, but it seems a reasonable outcome to expect, based on evidence from other municipalities.

Maybe this will make people take a look at the rest of the Bill Of Rights, and wonder what the heck happened to it. Maybe this will remind people what the USA is supposed to be: the land of the free.

I have not blogged anything on here in a while. I am burned out on role-playing, and I have become so jaded that posting politics seems a waste of time. However, this speech by Chris Dodd gives me, dare I say it, hope.

I do not know this Dodd fellow, and for all I know, he might be a crackpot of epic proportions (probably not, but he’s in Congress, so who knows?). But I like what he is saying here. Well, no, I don’t like it. I hate it, because I wish it did not need to be said. But I am glad that someone is saying it.