I'm certain that the news has hit far and wide about the recent Supreme Court Decision on Washington DC's gun law. The Gundamentalists across this great land have been busting caps in joy of this ruling which states that the firearms ban imposed on the citizens of DC was unconstitutional, since in infringes on their individual (not collective) right to bear arms.

I'm sure the goofy Right is happily blogging away, talking about the defeat of liberal gun laws, to new era of individual liberty, and inventing fictional voting records and positions on Democratic Candidates (much like is happening to Mark Udall.)

In a word - whatever.

Because what the Gundamentalists seem to miss is that Gun Laws were not declared unconstitutional - just Washington DC's. In fact, the most überconservative Judge on the Court, "Justice" Scalia, declared quite clearly that those laws are still in effect:

"Nothing in our opinion," Justice Scalia said, "should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."

(Quote from the NY Times June 26th, 2008 Online edition.)

So, it's a Supreme Court version of The Seventh Seal - while the Gundamentalists (represented by Death) are busy playing judicial chess with the Supreme Court, the family (America) rides away safe still protected by 99.9% of the gun control laws in the United States.

Even better, the Gundamentalists can no longer argue about 'grey areas' in future guns. Heck, they can't even argue that ANY future gun laws are un-Constitutional - the boundaries have been drawn. And it looks like as long as a law doesn't totally erase that Constitutional Right, anything else is FAIR GAME.

So, let the Gun Kooks on the Right continue to spout their "Win" - we'll just sit back and let them flail about in their delusional state.