The victory today is only a temporary one if we do not fight to limit the inevitable attampts that will be made to make it as difficult as possible for D.C. residents that want to legally protect themselves.
The joy I feel at this decision can be best described as this sentence.
Now,it is not ONLY the criminals that have guns in D.C.
Every D.C. resident that feels they need a handgun to defend themselves, their family and property can (with phenomenal effort no doubt
) now legally buy a firearm.
The D.C. courts will no doubt try to make an example of the first person that successfully defenses his or her property or self or family with a firearm.
The battle is only started.
We've only won the right to start the process.
Now we have to fight to make sure the process is totally fair to all the D.C. residents that want to legally own a firearm.
One last thought,most D.C,. residents are Afro-Americans,therefore the handgun ban all these years was promarily designed to rob Afro Americans of the right to legally defend their selves,their families and their property.
What kind of law does that make that law?
Fantastically fair decision to return the right to keep and bear arms to the residents of the District of Columbia.
Now,we have to make sure the decision gets carried out right.