VISIONS FROM A CRYSTAL BALL

By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
June 8, 2009

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In light of the recent decisions of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in NRA v. City of Chicago, holding that the Second Amendment does not apply to the States, and of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Nordyke v. King, holding that the Amendment does apply, some overview and prognostication may be in order.

The error in the Seventh Circuit’s decision is obvious, inasmuch as the original Constitution itself describes the Militia as “the Militia of the several Statesâ€