It's A Long, Uphill Fight To Get

To Many Americans, Everything From The Easter Morning To The Ascension Had To Be Made Up By The Groveling Enthusiasts As Part Of Their Plan To Get Themselves Martyred.

Words Have Meaning. And Their Meaning Doesn't Change.

More Importantly, The Court Forgets That Ours Is A Government Of Laws And Not Of Men. That Means We Are Governed By The Terms Of Our Laws, Not By The Unenacted Will Of Our Lawmakers. 'if Congress Enacted Into Law Something Different From What It Intended, Then It Should Amend The Statute To Conform To Its Intent.' In The Meantime, This Court 'has No Roving License ... To Disregard Clear Language Simply On The View That ... Congress 'must Have Intended' Something Broader.

It Would Also Be Strange To Find In The Midst Of A Catalog Of The Rights Of Individuals A Provision Securing To The States The Right To Maintain A Designated "militia." Dispassionate Scholarship Suggests Quite Strongly That The Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms Meant Just That.

[t]he Enshrinement Of Constitutional Rights Necessarily Takes Certain Policy Choices Off The Table.... Undoubtedly Some Think That The Second Amendment Is Outmoded In A Society Where Our Standing Army Is The Pride Of Our Nation, Where Well-trained Police Forces Provide Personal Security, And Where Gun Violence Is A Serious Problem. That Is Perhaps Debatable, But What Is Not Debatable Is That It Is Not The Role Of This Court To Pronounce The Second Amendment Extinct.