This newspaper is trying to rewrite history to achieve an ideological goal. The dissent in Heller was weak nonsense. The dissenting judges voted on nothing but ideology and the court did not ignore elements of the 2nd amendment. This newspaper is writing what it wished was in the ruling and would have been had the dark side won. The only way Heller could have gone the liberal’s way was to reject the Constitution and 200+ years of American history and court history.
Remember, precedents unchallenged are weak precedents if they are precedents at all. A wealth of historical writing, not to omit the rights as codified into many state constitutions and the previous Virginia rights, is clear in supporting the Heller decision. It was 5-4 due to 4 immoral judges not doing their job for America—it should have been 9-0 support for the 2nd amendment and it should have affirmed all arms suited for contemporary armed defense.
If we get a liberal court, kiss the first and second amendments goodbye.