GUN owners and the firearms industry are most interested in the decision by the Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether the Second Amendment provides an individual right to keep and bear arms.
The Supreme Court granted a review of a decision from March by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a case that upheld the striking down of the district’s ban on private ownership of handguns while asserting the Second Amendment provides an individual right to keep and bear arms. The case is now known as District of Columbia v. Heller.
DC mayor Adrian M. Fenty filed the appeal to the Supreme Court, setting the stage for the high court to rule. According to FBI statistics, DC, with its gun ban, ranks as one of the most dangerous cities and maintains one of the highest per-capita murder rates in the country.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is also applauding the decision.
“The firearms industry looks forward to the Supreme Court putting to rest the specious argument that the Second Amendment is not an individual right,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF senior VP and general counsel. “This intellectually bankrupt and feeble argument has been used by gun-control advocates to justify laws and regulations that deny Americans their civil right to own and lawfully use firearms for protection, hunting, sports shooting and other lawful purposes.”
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The beaches from East Hampton to Napeague saw blitzes of bass and bluefish over the past week with some lasting hours.
The reason for all the action on the East End is all the peanut bunkers that have moved close to the beaches. Herring are also starting to show off Montauk, which should make for a very interesting December.