You can pry my gun from my cold dead hands...

In a landmark 5-4 decision yesterday, the US Supreme Court found that the 2nd amendment did in fact protect a person's right to bear arms. District of Columbia v Heller is considered by many to be a victory for the forces of freedom and liberty, but gun control advocates have already begun to spin it.

As I took the dog for a walk last night, I was listening to a lefty radio show, and the spin had already begun on the ruling. The head editor of Slate magazine was on, the host was on, and people were calling in. I listened for a good hour. Here is how the new narrative will go, in their words (not mine, I think most of this stuff is flat-out wrong):

A liberal speaks "In 1939, Miller definitely ruled that the federal government could pass any gun laws they wanted. Now, we have a new group of Bush judges in who don't respect the tradition of this country and want to change the system we've had in place for decades and decades. These unprincipled and unrestricted judges, together with ultra-conservative Kennedy, unilaterally changed our government's long held gun policies. Not only that, they overturned legislative laws- this country is supposed to be ruled by the legislatures, not judges." The liberal continues "But, the ruling only applies in certain particular cases- in reality, the Bush judges ruling is very limited, because it was so radically different from all other rulings. Thus, nothing really changes, except we now see the considerable threat that conservative justices pose to our liberties and freedoms. More gun control laws can pass, based on the Miller ruling of 1939, not based on this crazy decision. Besides, this decision was most likely a corrupt one, because there is a very powerful NRA lobby out there, and any time the NRA gets involved, whatever is produced is tainted by special interests."

I think I just about summed up what you will be hearing on liberal radio shows for the next week- now you don't have to tune in yourself!