The Supreme Court released its opinion yesterday in McDonald v. City of Chicago which held the "Second Amendment provides Americans a fundamental right to bear arms that cannot be violated by state and local governments" as reported by Robert Barnes and Dan Eggen for The Washington Post. Although Obama campaigned as a supporter of the Second Amendment he nevertheless as President appointed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court who was among the four dissenting justices unwilling to find an individual right to own guns, and given the slim margin of victory a change in the balance of power on the court soon could result in the overturning of yesterday's decision.
