Agreed. SCOTUS hasn’t taken any good RKBA cases in 70+ years precisely because there haven’t been any. Each potential case has been clouded by other issues, and doesn’t help that most involved criminals. It took this long before a pure RKBA case showed up initiated by upstanding citizens. Justice Thomas has alluded to this, indicating that he wanted a real RKBA case, but had yet to see one.
Good point. With Scalia and Rhenquist on the court, any case involving a criminal was suspect. Hopefully, with Roberts and Alito, Scalia can be a little more focused on constitutional issues rather than the wants of law enforcement.