D.C. vs. Heller May Help Democrats

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision striking down D.C.'s ridiculous gun ban was a great affirmation of the 2nd amendment and does restore a little sanity and credibility to the high court, especially after SCOTUS blew it on the Louisiana death penalty case. After all, the 2nd amendment is one of the shortest and easiest to read in the Constitution. It says what it says and is what it is in plain English. The municipal gun bans in liberal cities across the nation were in defiant opposition to the rule of law and have been in need of judicial review for decades. Now armed with the right to defend themselves, law-abiding citizens of D.C. just might be able to make the nation's capital a fairly nice place to live and visit. The landmark decision is one of only a scant few achievements Bush has in his legacy, as the Scalia decision was supported by his appointees Justices Roberts and Alito. Democrats, however, have much to gain from the decision. With the decision firmly putting gun owners at ease, and if the Democrats can suppress the anti-gun extremists from within their party, Obama could effectively go after millions of votes of gun owners upset over the economy and the Iraq war, with the gun issue taken out of the electoral equation. McCain possibly could benefit, but only if he gets voters to realize that 5-4 decisions like D.C. vs. Heller won't be going conservatives' way in the future if Obama gets to replace a justice or two during his administration.