tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022598985746522423.post-89495011252867239962008-06-26T14:41:00.003-04:002008-06-26T14:48:42.538-04:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Opinion of the Court<br />Justice Scalia, writing for the Majority</span><br /><br /><blockquote>We are aware of the problem of handgun violence in this country, and we take seriously the concerns raised by the many amici who believe that prohibition of handgun ownership is a solution.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Constitution leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that problem</span>, including some measures regulating handguns, see supra, at 54–55, and n. 26. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">But the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.</span> These include the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.<br /><br />Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.<br /><br />We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.<br /><br />It is so ordered. </blockquote>thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05959114599381295503noreply@blogger.com