second amendment

Welcome to Kennesaw, the Georgia hamlet that welcomes you—and your Colt .45 —with open arms

In a momentous and long-awaited decision this morning, US Supreme Court gives a broad interpretation to the Second Amendment — saying the right to bear arms is not limited to some collective right of a militia, but protects an individual right to bear arms. In the case DC v. Heller, Washington, DC ban on handguns in the home is struck down 5-4. Scalia writes for the majority.