Continued Disregard of the Second Amendment on Gun Ownership

          The Washington Times reports that Washington DC has a law requiring that guns be registered every three years and that the registration applicants must submit photographs and fingerprints.

          Dick Anthony Heller recently challenged the constitutionality of the law as an infringement of the Second Amendment.

          The case came before Judge James Boasburg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the federal District Court. Appeals from the federal District Court would be taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC circuit.

           Recall that Pres. Obama has by judicial appointments been loading these courts with judges sympathetic to his ideas. He nominated Judge Boaburg to the federal District Court. The nomination was quickly confirmed by the Democratic U.S. Senate.

          In judge Boaburg’s upholding the constitutionality of the DC law on restrictions concerning firearms, he described at great length the need for the continuance of such law because of DC violence. He made no mention of the fact that the Second Amendment requires that there should be no restriction on public ownership of firearms. There are no ifs, ands,and buts in the Second Amendment.

          Unfortunately, if Heller takes his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC circuit, he will again lose, because it is packed with Obama liberals. The only possibility for success is to continue to pursue it to the US Supreme Court, which also has not been proven very reliable on interpreting the Constitution.