Virginia Libertarian

Looks like there may be a good development coming up in gun control.  Alan Gura, the man behind the District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) case that got the Washington, D.C. handgun ban struck down, may be heading back to the Supreme Court to fight basically the same battle again in McDonald, et al., v. City of Chicago, except this time he has to successfully argue that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that such rights (i.e. the Second Amendment) “may not be violated by any form of government throughout the United States”.  If he argues successfully, this would mean that no government entity could take away your right to carry.  Since D.C. is run by the Federal government (they are not a state), this is a new case as it is applying the Fourteenth Amendment to over-ride states rights to legislate away your “fundamental” rights (like your right to carry as granted by the Second amendment).

From the Tampabay.com article “In wake of Paris’ shooting, one question looms: How did they get assault weapons?“

Drug dealers acquire these weapons for two reasons, authorities say:

Protection from other, rival dealers. And status.

I have to disagree with that second, and even if it is somewhat valid, I don’t think it would be reason enough alone for them to spend the time and money to acquire the weapons they do.  Drug dealers need guns to protect their product.  Why?  Because they aren’t protected by the law.  End the war on drugs, and this kind of stupidity ends.