My worry is that the Court has 'discovered' a new right somewhere in the Constitution, that of keeping a handgun in the home for purposes of self-defense (subject to police permission), and replaced the Second Amendment with it entire. The question of whether we have an unconditional RKBA - that is, one as unconditional as, say, freedom of speech is - has been shunted aside.
The question of whether we have an unconditional RKBA - that is, one as unconditional as, say, freedom of speech is - has been shunted aside. I am about as libertarian as one can get, but there is a difference. A nutcase with freedom of speech is a diminished threat to a free society (there is the example of a Hitler, or any other charismatic, to worry about). But a nutcase with a gun is a different matter entirely, and I am quite ok with access to firearms being restricted for children, felons (real felons rapists, murderers, arsonists, burglers, etc., I don't mean our modern make believe felons), and the mentally disturbed.