True. But I got the impresion that's all the poster was interested in. Second, a U.S. Supreme Court decision may go no farther than that.
"which ruling would set national precedence."
It sure could, couldn't it?
"But then again we can't have the Supreme Court disagreeing with R.P. about the meaning of "the people" in the second amendment, as well as the rest of the bill of rights"
Hey, we can always hope for an activist court, huh? About time they ruled one in our favor. Right on!
Nope, just one that can understand a simple English sentence.
Of course it won't. Not directly anyway. The court itself posed the Question to be answered.
Whether the following provisions - D.C. Code §§ 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), and 7-2507.02 - violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?
There will be three answers, one for each section of the DC code, yes or no. However their rational will be important. If they find the answer is "yes" for even a single one of those, it will almost certainly be because they've determine the right is individual, belonging to indivduals not necessarily part of any state-regulated militia.
That of course will trigge a whole bunch of other cases challenging this or that gun law, federal, state and local.