American's right to own guns for self-defense received strong support today from the U.S. Supreme Court.  On a 5-4 vote, the majority struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as an unconstitutional intrusion on the Second Amendment.  This is the first conclusive interpretation of that amendment since its ratification in 1791 - an action representing a solid victory for gun rights advocates.

11th District GOP Congressional candidate Carl Mumpower heralded the vote.  "For those who value the Constitution and the Second Amendment, this is a great day," said Mumpower.   "I do not believe that law abiding citizens should be at the mercy of social predators -  whether those predators are criminals or government officials side-stepping our rights."

The specific language of the amendment reads:  "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." 

Dissenting Justice Stephen Breyer wrote, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas." 

"Justice Breyer's opinion and his willingness to ignore the clarity of 'shall not be infringed' is typical to the effort of the liberal left to take black and white out of the Constitution and our culture's social conscience," noted Mumpower.  "I ask myself why the founding fathers, with their evident wisdom, would in any way not want citizens to be able to protect themselves with loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."

"Chalk one up for the Constitution," said Mumpower.  "Some people do not like guns - most people I know do like liberty and that word is at the heart of this victory."

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Carl Mumpower
11th District Republican Congressional Candidate

Principles before party, power, or politics - always.

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