In this Presidential election cycle it sure is funny to see a 2nd Amendment ruling coming from the Supreme Court.
The acknowledgment that the right to bear arms is an individual right guaranteed by the Constitution barely survived the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Both of the Presidential candidates are not loved by the national gun organizations.
McCain has has some issues on trying to place limitations on gun shows and some compromises with Democrats when he was pushing his campaign finance reform legislation.
Obama surely believes that Americans should not own guns, he really couldn’t be a true Democrat if he didn’t have this position. When speaking frankly, he has stated the troubled people “cling” to guns and religion in hard times. If he has any chance of winning the states required to become President, he has to distance himself from this position.
I think that this Supreme Court ruling benefits Obama the most.
It probably moves the “gun issue” to the “kiddie table” and leaves health care, the economy and energy/fuel prices as the items on the big table. If this ruling had gone in the other direction, Obama would have really been in trouble. The gun organizations have been appeased by this ruling and may not make themselves as large a voice in the outcome of this election had the outcome been different.
