SCOTUS Strikes Down DC Gun Ban

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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.

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Uhh, wow. Wow. I guess I should get a handgun now.

To Publicly Finance, Or Not To...

Hmm. I support Obama but I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, he pretty plainly has said all along that he believes in, and will use, public campaign financing. Until... yesterday. When he announces that no, in fact, the quarter of a billion dollars he's raised is a HELLUVA lot more compelling than the paltry $85M that he'd get from the public coffers.

On the one hand, I totally get it. Why not fight the fight with the best and most generous resources you can muster? On the other hand, as a citizen, I'm disgusted. I mean didn't he say one thing for months (nay, years) and then totally reverse himself when it was politically expedient (or financially expedient as the case may be) to do so?

Anybody wanna weigh in on this thing? Frankly, I already know where you'll stand if your a McCain supporter, so save me the piling-on... I'm more curious what the Dems have to say about this thing...