[steve-b]

"The Second Amendment was designed to allow states to defend themselves against a possibly tyrannical national government. Now that the federal government has stealth bombers and nuclear weapons, it is hard to imagine what people would need to keep in the garage to serve that purpose."
--Judge Robert Bork

On top of everything else, Bork is a rank hypocrite. This argument is PRECISELY the sort of policy analysis that he (correctly) describes elsewhere as the proper responsibility of elected legislators, not judges.

[Ken H]

Here's a case I ran across on the Second Amendment. I don't recall this being discussed here.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TIMOTHY JOE EMERSON (decided April 7, 1999)

CONCLUSION

Because 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Court GRANTS Emerson's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment. A judgment shall be entered in conformity with this opinion.

-- www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/emerson.html