Cert Denied

Even though the Supreme Court requested a response to the Delacy petition from the government in October 2011 - an unusual move that shows the high court had unusual interest in the case - Delacy ended up being another in a line of recent Second Amendment-related cases which the Supreme Court declined to accept for review. [Read]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all the court has to do to maintain the status quo of "existing gun laws":

Back in 2005, I wrote the following on my WarOnGuns blog, predicting what the likely outcome of a Second Amendment case would be:

“I believe the court will not dare say there is no individual rkba. But if they find there is one, it will be so heavily burdened with ‘reasonable restrictions’ as to ensure the status quo. They’ll never admit the truth unless someone, that would be us, has enough power to compel them.”

It's up to us to provide the "or else." Aside from a handful of dissident fringe lunatic "principles freaks" like yours truly, our recognized "leaders" with actual reach seem seem bent on everybody marching in the Big Mitt Parade--and we know what kind of judges he'll pick.