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I just finished reading the opinion. It is a comprehensive, almost disdainful demolition of the 'collective rights' misinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment. I'll give it a more thorough reading this evening/weekend, but it seems like the opinion those of us who read this stuff have been waiting for.

Some other points about standing and whether DC qualifies as a 'state' are also covered, with a rather tortured dissent that perfunctorily accepts the collective rights argument and spends 12 pages arguing that DC is not a state. The dissenter is a Poppa Bush appointee, by the way.

There is now a clear and growing split regarding the 2nd Amendment among federal appellate courts. Should be interesting to see whether the DC Circuit agrees to an en banc review of the case. The bottom line? Stay tuned, this could get much more interesting going into the 2008 elections...