Recent Supreme Court Decisions

Today the U.S. Supreme court handed down a 5-4 decision to overturn a Washington D.C. ban on guns.  Oddly I, being in favor of gun control, agree with this decision. The District’s ban was the strictest in the nation and went to far, the court rightfully struck it down.

Many legal scholars hold this as a blow to gun control across the nation,  I don’t.  As long as a ban isn’t as strict as this one was, bans can still be enforced.  My form of gun control bans assault weapons.  NO ONE needs an AK-47.  Not hunters and certainly not Joe Somebody to protect his house, A simple handgun will do for that.

Furthermore I think there should be more restrictions on ammunition.  If a man buy 4000 bullets and isn’t in the military, odds are he belongs to a waco type group or he is up to something. 

This decision is the second rattling decision the court has handed down, the first being the due process rights for military detainees.

I do not agree with the court in that issue, I strongly disagree actually. Military detainees should not be tried or have access to U.S. courts because in addition to clogging and already clogged system they are not going to get a fair trial in U.S. courts either. I understand the legal reasoning behind the case I just don’t agree with it.  I’m not sure what the solution is though.  It is wrong for the military to detain them for seven years without a trial but a military tribunal isn’t likely to be very fair.  Any trial they have must have an independent jury without national interest at stake.

Hopefully these will be the last rattling decisions the court throws down for a while i.e. Roe v. Wade.