As the quotations earlier in this opinion demonstrate, the inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right. The handgun ban amounts to a prohibition of an entire class of “arms” that is overwhelmingly chosen by American society for that lawful purpose. The prohibition extends, moreover, to the home, where the need for defense of self, family, and property is most acute. Under any of the standards of scrutiny that we have applied to enumerated constitutional rights,27 banning from the home “the most preferred firearm in the nation to ‘keep’ and use for protection of one’s home and family,” 478 F. 3d, at 400, would fail constitutional muster.

Few laws in the history of our Nation have come close to the severe restriction of the District’s handgun ban. And some of those few have been struck down. In Nunn v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court struck down a prohibition on carrying pistols openly (even though it upheld a prohibition on carrying concealed weapons). See 1 Ga., at 251. In Andrews v. State, the Tennessee Supreme Court likewise held that a statute that forbade openly carrying a pistol “publicly or privately, without regard to time or place, or circumstances,” 50 Tenn., at 187, violated the state constitutional provision (which the court equated with the Second Amendment ). That was so even though the statute did not restrict the carrying of long guns. Ibid. See also State v. Reid, 1 Ala. 612, 616–617 (1840) (“A statute which, under the pretence of regulating, amounts to a destruction of the right, or which requires arms to be so borne as to render them wholly useless for the purpose of defence, would be clearly unconstitutional”).

It is no answer to say, as petitioners do, that it is permissible to ban the possession of handguns so long as the possession of other firearms (i.e., long guns) is allowed. It is enough to note, as we have observed, that the American people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential self-defense weapon. There are many reasons that a citizen may prefer a handgun for home defense: It is easier to store in a location that is readily accessible in an emergency; it cannot easily be redirected or wrestled away by an attacker; it is easier to use for those without the upper-body strength to lift and aim a long gun; it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police. Whatever the reason, handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home, and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31475243)

She's got the cell phone in her hand calling 911 as she's shooting. "Hero?! Dis nigh one one? BWACK MAN HERWE! IM MY HOWSE!!" BAM BAM BAM BAM!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31473726)

was quintessential safe, homogeneous white-flight suburbia back in the 80s and 90s. slowly began transitioning to "ethnic" area at some point; not sure what the turning point was.

Now filled with a combination of latinos, TONS of Koreans (entire strip malls from my childhood now covered entirely with signs in hangul) and Vietnamese, and nigs. (Willing to bet this lady was Korean)

Honestly, I'm fine with the latinos and the asians since they don't cause trouble, but the nigs are straight up hood transplants. one of them shot dead a Walmart security guard (also black) literally five minutes away from my childhood home earlier this year.

I got the fuck out years ago and never looked back. I can't ever go home again, bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31473768)

tons of asians/latinos now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31473917)

I went to one of Berkmar, Parkview, Brookwood, or Shiloh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31476660)

“Just bam bam bam bam and that was it,” said awoken neighbor Paul Raper.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474231)

Chick had ice water in her veins.

Fucking news injecting normative gender roles into this.

Girl was a straight up G.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474373)

And lol at her last shot out the front door for good measure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31473872)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wjq6cn0To

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474111)

Also, is that how all asian's houses look? WTF is all that shit stacked up?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474172)

You get the first guy and then get fucked by the next two.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474428)

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/paperchasin/media/IMG_2317_zpsv6hxkwef.jpg.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474451)

We actually have two AR-15's so we would probably just use both, one after the other.

I am going to build a featureless AR-15 with no pistol grip and the thordsen stock for home defense later. no need for the bullet button. The 10 rd mag limit is still killer.

Also trying to get a .45 with double stack ten rd capacity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474489)

CA gun laws are fucktarded, but the handgun roster is the worst.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474511)

You almost done with your gun purchases? copping a safe anytime soon?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474617)

http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Liberty-Lincoln-LL24-24-Gun-Safe-Mechanical-Lock-Textured-Granite-Chrome&i=618212&r=view&cvsfa=2586&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=363138323132&s_kwcid=adwords__&gclid=CJqawtKAps8CFdgNgQodoQsLNA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474717)

I do like the sigs though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474534)

'She exercised her right to defend her livelihood and property,' said Cpl. Deon Washington with the Gwinnett County Police Department

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31474431)

you think the cops needed a video to notice all of the shit in the house as they were taking interviews?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31475312)

the short one is also the one who got shot at first

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3360964&forum_id=2#31475282)