second on the wow
Rob | Homepage | 03.09.07 - 1:15 pm | #

Um, is it me, or has this been a banner year for liberty?

That has to be the biggest libertarian case since Kelo.

If SCOTUS grants certiori, they'd have to decide this during election season. I think that most of them would probably rather drop dead. Which would mean that gun rights win... by default.

So far, 2007's been a good one: who can forget this?
gancini | 03.09.07 - 1:33 pm | #

This really shouldn't be a WOW case though. I hadn't realized any of this was all going on until a friend of mine moved to chicago a year ago, and had to store his guns. As it's illegal within the city of chicago to own a handgun even in your house.

I'm not a constitutional scholar, but it seems that it would take a lot of interpretation for a city to be able to override the US constitution.
Greg | 03.09.07 - 2:27 pm | #

odd that you'd tout a supposed victory for the constitution while asserting, quite unconstitutionally, that the federal judiciary effectively makes law. the federal judicial power extends to cases and controversies, and all legislative power is vested in congress.

careful with that "as of this very moment" and "struck down" talk; might come back to bite a pet cause.
charley hardman | Homepage | 03.09.07 - 4:32 pm | #

Having grown up in a drug den my one anti-libertarian stance is on guns. Have one pointed in your face and you never want to see one again.

It is one thing to think about the idea of gun possession in your safe environment and another thing entirely to live in an urban hell and have one pointed at you, as some guy demands a blow job or wants your wallet.

I fucking hate guns and if I never see another one in my life I will be happy for that.
Leonardo | 03.10.07 - 1:18 am | #

leo, i hear a lot of my own thoughts in what you are saying here. though i have never had a gun pointed at me for any reason (thankfully) i have lived in many places where they are just the way of life and seen as a "reasonable" way to settle disputes with neighbors, strangers, or anyone else who is seen as fucking with someone. i just haven't seen that most people with them are thinking of them as a mode of self-defense or as a last resort. just the opposite..i have heard many say, "if someone fucks with me (whatever that involves including not getting one's way) then i will fucking shoot them". i am sure my thoughts on guns are libertarian either, but they are from my own life experience. however, philosophically i have a hard time with the prohibition of things and so this is where the tension lies for me in terms of this issue of gun control.
Minerva Oblongata | 03.12.07 - 11:39 am | #