UH-OH--HERE WE GO AGAIN...

"The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment..."

It comes on the heels of McDonald v. Chicago, which was ultimately granted a writ of certiorari (that basically means the high court deems it worthy enough to examine more closely).

And it is sure to spark heated debate on both sides of the argument.

I am reminded of the old adage, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Seems a good time to really take that into consideration. Whenever gun control rears its ugly head, you can be sure some bleeding heart has been reading stories of violent crime involving a firearm, usually a handgun. They seem to lose all common sense and instantly want to shoot all the dogs because one of them has fleas.

Do some people use guns in the perpetration of a crime? Hell yes, they do. The operative word is 'some.' But the small fraction of gun crimes outweighs the reality, and they look through a glass darkly.

Now, I'm a firm Constitutionalist and I believe strongly in the right of the people to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. Knowing full well that I will likely enter into some lively debate with friends on this issue, I proceeded this morning to 'arm' myself with the facts of the case.

For a layman, looking at court documents can be quite daunting, but I am determined to understand them as well as I can, 'armed' also with a Black's Law Dictionary.

Of course I foresee the usual watered-down, weak-kneed, liberal Supreme Court response to this dilemma; yet this matter has only one true outcome that should be handed down: that the people's right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed upon. The only ruling that should be handed down is that henceforth, the federal and state's governments shall forever keep their minds and their mitts off this Constitutional right.

Stay tuned...