[mvpel]

No, I expect that given the page-length of the inane and unsupportable Ninth Circuit opinion stating a “collective right,” and the meticulously detailed Fifth Circuit opinion recognizing the individual nature of the right, the Supreme Court figures they ought to do at least a good a job as the Fifth did, even if it’s not as many pages, in order to adequately smack down the Ninth.

The US Supreme Court has talked about the Second Amendment in terms of an individual right for decades, so there’s not much reason to expect them to change course now.

I’ll be interested to see if they attempt to weasel out of “shall not be infringed.”

[Filo]

The US Supreme Court has talked about the Second Amendment in terms of an individual right for decades, so there’s not much reason to expect them to change course now.

I’ll be interested to see if they attempt to weasel out of “shall not be infringed.”

I wish I shared your optimism. Certainly this is what I'm hoping for and clearly it's what one would expect from a respectable court, but there is always the distinct possibility that this court is simply too corrupt to rule properly.

I'm happy if we get an individual rights decision out of them. The "shall not be infringed" part comes later.