[El Gato]

Haven't followed this one, to tell you the truth, but if the article in post 6 is accurate, it's not surprising they stayed away. Bad cases make bad law, is the general rule...

Sure, that explains it. A case brought by a number of law abiding citizens, and especially outstanding citizens at that, is surely a bad case. They were only a local police SWAT team member, a former Marine, and other such ner do wells. Better some mass murder who wants to assert his RKBA. I guess that will be a good case. </sarcasm

The last time the Court ruled on the RKBA, the case involved a couple of penny anty criminals, who were enguaged in making 'shine without paying the federal tax, just as they hadn't paid the tax on their short barrelled shotgun. And that time, the guys charged with exercising their RKBA without FedGov permission were not even represented at the Court.

[general_re]

The plaintiffs can be bona-fide saints and angels, but if their lawyer is putting together a sh*tburger for a case, the fact that they're saints and angels won't save them once they hit the courtroom.

[neverdem]

Don't be too bitter about today's events at SCOTUS. As much as a dispositive ruling is desired, the wrong ruling could start a civil war, which is the last resort.

Anyone who wants war is nuts, so I believe, we must hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

BTW, I also hoped the Frogs and Russkies would support our efforts in the UN for peaceful regime change in Iraq. It's too bad they confirmed the worst assumptions about human nature.