Hoorah! They got this one right!

The Supreme Court came back with a decision today, that upholds the Constitution. they heard a case about a gun restriction in DC that doesn't allow for citizens to carry weapons. They agreed with the Constitution that it is a Constitutional Right in this country to own weapons.

The story behind this case is this. A 68 year old security guard was allowed to carry on the job, but not allowed to carry a weapon when not at work. He tried to apply for a Concealed weapons permit, but a 27 year old law prohibited it. The original law was put in place to counteract violence and crime in the streets of the nations capital. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what happened once the law took effect. Over the duration of this law, crime in the capital has grown astronomically, and violent crimes spiked greatly.

But why is this, since less weapons should mean less crime. The well intentioned people that create laws fail to take a simple fact when determining these laws. When you take the right to bear arms away, you are only taking the right away from the lawful owners. The law has no effect on people who get their guns illegally. So what you end up with are the only people with guns are the criminals. And the law abiding citizens are left with no means to protect themselves.

So i say hoorah to the Supreme Court for upholding this great Constitution of ours. I just wish that we could fully apply the constitution on this matter. It is still forbidden for convicted persons to own weapons. I feel that if you are not convicted of a violent or weapons related crime, that you should be able to gain the right to own weapons back. I mean if you are convicted of DUI and they take your license from you, you still have the right to get your license back after a series of events have taken place ( such as serving your time, then allowing a span of time to pass with no other incidences). It should be this way for person convicted in this country.
DUI convicts get a second chance to drive again, should convicts and their weapons rights?

Now we won one fight, lets continue this fight to include the ability to gain your rights back after conviction. Who's with me?

Viva Liberty!