The 2nd Amendment

Washington watchers tell us the the United States Supreme Court is preparing to conclude that Washington D. C. 's handgun ban is illegal and unconstitutional, while at the same time re-affirming the private citizen's right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by our Constitution. Well, shout and cheer!

But , it will also declare the government's right to certain rules and restrictions on gun ownership, use, buying, selling, transportation and carrying, things not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.

Of course, this means government at all levels will ultimately abuse this "right". Your local city council, your very red-necked Sheriff, your female Mayor, all will be legally able to - at the stroke of a pen - gin up all manner of roadblocks to your gun ownership, to your buying and storing ammunition, to your getting a hunting license, you name it.

Nothing will change. Government at all levels will continue to increase the pressure being brought to bear against gun owners and gun shop dealers. It will get worse.

Gun shop dealers will find so many new restrictions and increased paperwork to the point they will toss in the towel, even though owning a gun shop will still be legal.

Gun owners will discover that buying ammunition to be such a hassle of paperwork and associated government investigation that eventually they will own nothing more than a collection of expensive wood-and-metal clubs.

A license to buy. A license to own. A license to carry. A license to use. A license to buy ammo. A license to have dangerous explosive material in your possession(ammo, gunpowder). All needing increasingly expensive renewal each and every year.

All in the name of public safety.

So this Supreme Court review of our 2nd amendment rights is nothing but a sham, a dog-and-pony show designed to legalize all the anti-gun rules we now have throughout America.. and the coming new ones.