Left Rudder

The usual cast of gunloons are jibber-jabbering away with excitement; they believe an overwhelmingly conservative SCOTUS is going to give them something that’s never existed: a constitutional right to a firearm.

To do this, the SCOTUS will have to overturn about 150 years of precedence and given Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts are largely political hacks, it’s not a stretch to imagine them doing so.

Thus, I make several predictions:

1.) No matter what the result, gunloons will hail the decision as a victory greater than V-J and V-E Days.

2.) SCOTUS will produce a very mixed message; it will assert an individual right to firearms but will permit localities great latitude in regulation. This could mean the DC handgun ban stays in place.

3.) See (1); there will be a brave face put on this by gunloons–but they will be very, very unhappy.

Disclaimer: I’ve never been a fan of libertarians or their goofy ideology. Essentially, self-described libertarians are Republicans who want to smoke dope or legalize prostitution or are simply tired of having to apologize for the latest wackiness of the religious right.

Public support for libertarian candidates, at all levels, has been waning for the past decade as the electorate has come to understand exactly how silly and impractical the libertarian ideology is.

Therefore, imagine my delight at finding conservative gunloon Sebastain Sassi is running for state office as a libertarian. And he’s on a ticket filled with fellows who believe society’s greatest issue is the legalization of marijuana!