Gun Control an Opportunity for the US Supreme Court to Find Middle Ground

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In a few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue the most important decision it has ever made about the Second Amendment. Who will win? If the Court wisely heads for the sensible middle ground, everybody will win. The last time the Court made a significant pronouncement about the meaning of the right "to keep and bear arms" was in United States v. Miller (1939), a cryptic opinion which raised... [Jurist (USA), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org ]

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[eric_t12]

middle-ground - aka further restriction, just not as much as the authoritarians want.

[Wu Wei]

I agree. I would not be happy with the States defining "reasonable restrictions" because it can lead to contradictions like we have in WI. Here the State law reiterates the 2nd Amendment in Article I, sec. 25. It was adopted into the Wisconsin Constitution in November 1998, and reads as follows: “The people have the right to keep and bear arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose.” Nonetheless the State Supreme Court Decided case law this way:

Case: State of Wisconsin v. Scott K. Fisher, 2004AP2989-CR.

Issue: Does a business owner who makes large cash deposits carry a loaded gun in his car for security purposes, have a constitutional right to carry a concealed weapon?

Holding: No. The state's interest in enforcing sec. 941.23 (ban on CCW) is not substantially outweighed by the constitutional right.

Seems pretty contradictory to me..I think the NRA is right on the money suggesting we look over the State Laws.