[Drew68]

Good words. If he can say that kind of thing with conviction in a speech or debate he should be able to walk all over the obamination.

Democrats are probably celebrating this ruling as well. Now that gun control can be taken off the table, the dems can try and regain the votes of the conservative "Reagan Democrats" who abandoned them years ago over social issues --of which gun control played a huge part.

Now the dems don't have to talk about guns --which for them has been nothing but a vote loser.

[MrB]

This only “takes the issue off the table” if people choose to forget what their intent is, even if their ability to implement that intent on the rest of us has been diminished.

[messierhunter]

Oooh, good analysis, hadn’t thought of it that way. It seems Obama isn’t able to keep his head low enough on this though. He’s gone on record as being against gun ownership so even though it’s “off the table” it’s still an issue fresh in our minds because of this case. It might be able to have a little bit of impact for at least the current election, but in general I agree with your take.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Now the dems don't have to talk about guns --which for them has been nothing but a vote loser. "

I think you're wrong. This Heller case brings the gun rights issue to the forefront of the debate during this election cycle. Now the press has to ask Obama questions like do you agree with this ruling, if not why not. Also, when the handgun banning laws are challenged and brought down in Chicago and New York he will be asked about it again. Also, it was a 5-4 decision so he could be asked if he would select judges to the court that support this point of view.