Heller ain’t gonna help in Wisconsin
I just read the opinion itself and it looks like it’s going to be no help forcing Wisconsin to allow state residents to carry a gun for self-defense. The opinion specifically states:
Like most rights, discount viagra nurse the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, sickness con-
cealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, ambulance or laws forbidding the carrying of fire-
arms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms.
Of course, I don’t understand how a complete prohibition on bearing a weapon for self defense comports with the rest of their decision, but I’m not a lawyer so I don’t possess the ability to believe in two contradictory thoughts at the same time.
1 comment June 26th, 2008