No, Kopel is exactly right. Silveria has already screwed us here in California by doing a lousy job of bringing a terrible case, which the liberal judges on the 9th Circuit Court gleefully took advantage of to produce a diametrically opposing opinion to Emerson.
If the U.S. Supreme Court had taken this case, the odds are that it would have ended up badly damaging or totally eviscerating the Second Amendment. Now at least we have a chance that some other, better case will work itself up to the USSC, and allow them to rule that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. That would instantly overturn the 9th Circuit's decision and be effective throughout the country.
Our best hope for a favorable RKBA outcome is that Bush, aided by a more-heavily Republican Senate, will appoint some new Supreme Court judges during his second term who will respect the clear wording of the Second Amendment. Consequently I will not be unhappy if it takes another 4 or 5 years for the right case to make it to the Supreme Court.
Is that a long time to wait for our rights to be acknowledged and restored? Of course. But that's a hell of lot better than rushing things and ending up with a definitive decision that crushes our rights for many decades to come.
If the USSC can't even be bothered to hear a case of CLEAR conflict between two lower Circuit Courts, what in Blue Flaming Hell makes you think you'll even GET a better chance?