Kagan Supreme Court Nomination
See what constitutional scholar David Kopel says about the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.  He makes clear the concerns of gun owners nationwide about putting her on the high court.



Kennedy to remain on high court.
Justice Anthony Kennedy made remarks to friends and family that he'll "stick around at least until 2013."  That means he'll wait to see who takes the White House after the current Obama administration. 

Justice Kennedy is often the "swing vote" that oscillates between siding with the four conservatives and the four liberals on the bench. This makes his opinion all-important to garner in Supreme Court cases.  In both Heller and McDonald, Kennedy sided with the conservative court in their narrow 5-4 decisions.  Just that one vote going "the other way" could have had devastating results to the RKBA.  With Kagan's appointment all but locked in by a Democrat controlled congress, if any of the conservative justices retires or falls ill, we could lose some of our rights once again. 


Liberals and the Second Amendment
That gun owners tend to be politically "conservative" and the anti-gun lobby tends to be made up of "liberals".  But if you consider yourself "liberal" or you are solidly a Democrat, you'll know that's not always true. But you should read Kali Joy Gray's opinion about why Liberals should love the Second Amendment. Then you should send it to friends and relatives who don't support the Second Amendment. 

Gun Rights Important to Americans
Pew Research is reporting that for the week of Jun 28 thru Jul 2, 28% of the news links in the blogosphere were cheering the McDonald victory.  This one of the highest ratings for a Supreme Court decision in over a year.  And one other interesting tid-bit from Pew research.

Gun control advocates opposing the decision seemed almost completely absent from the online conversation according to Pew Research.

I'll take that to mean the Brady Bunch is licking its wounds and trying to figure out a new strategy.  No doubt their new strategy will be to attack obliquely by redefining terms like "prohibited person" or "unusually dangerous".  Watch for them to try to sneak in misdemeanor crimes or even previously having had a warrant or restraining order issued (even in error).

More Guns, Less Crime
Borrowing the title from Dr. John Lott's book is an apt description for what's happening in Texas.  The news says that 15 years after adopting shall-issue CCW's, crime in the Lone Star state is down. Since 1994, the amount of murders and other violent crimes in Texas has actually decreased, despite the fact that there are six million more people living in the state now than there were 15 years ago states the article on MyFox Houston. And that's what matters.  Not that there were fewer "gun crimes" but that all violent crimes were down.