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By Cass Sunstein | Sunday, December 2, 2007 | The Boston Globe

“…The Second Amendment to the Constitution says that ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to interpret the amendment, gun advocates are asking: What could be plainer?

But the Second Amendment is anything but plain. Indeed, no other provision of the Bill of Rights remains nearly so mysterious. And the high court’s relative silence on the issue is revealing.

For years, the question of whether the amendment guarantees individuals the right to own guns was essentially settled in the lower federal courts, which ruled that it did not. And until now, the Supreme Court justices showed no desire to unsettle that consensus.

Those who insist that the amendment creates an individual right to own guns must overcome three serious obstacles….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/02/staring_down_the_barrel?mode=PF