[HostileTerritory]

why does the Supreme Court not allow the legislatures in the states decide what is the right policy?

We have the bill of rights to protect us from government tyranny that does not respect those rights. I don't want the state of Massachusetts to ban all gun ownership even if that's what our ^$#* representatives would happily do.

[pgyanke]

I don't want the state of Massachusetts to ban all gun ownership even if that's what our ^$#* representatives would happily do.

That's what "shall not be infringed" was meant prevent.