Two Pentagon police officers were wounded yesterday when a man walked up to the entrance of the complex’s subway station, pulled a handgun out of his pocket, and began firing. Officers returned fire and killed the shooter. A motive for the shooting has not yet been determined.

Immediately, those in favor of gun control seized upon it as a prime example of why guns should be banned.

A posting on one policical website stated, "this story clearly denies the logic behind, 'Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.'" Except, of course, that it doesn't. The gun did not drag itself to the Pentagon and open fire while lying on its side. It required a person to make the decision to attempt to kill.

The follow up logic to support that assertion was that, "the man obviously wouldn’t have the means or resources to harm these police officers without the use of firearms." Really? I guess he didn't hear about the Wahiawa, Hawaii desk sergeant who narrowly avoided being stabbed by a piece of Plexiglas a few days ago. Not surprising since Plexiglas stabbings rarely make national news. For a little more mainstream weapon, we can look at Tennessee where about a week ago a Memphis police officer was attacked and stabbed multiple times when a suspect pulled out a knife.

Guns aren't the only tool that can be used for evil.

Lyle Deniston of SCOTUSBLOG provides analysis:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right.  The dominant sentiment on the Court was to extend the Amendment beyond the federal level, based on the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of “due process,” since doing so through another part of the 14th Amendment would raise too many questions about what other rights might emerge.

Includes link to oral arguments transcript, which should go live soon. Also see Part One: Chicago gun case argued before Supreme Court today

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Imagine a world where every town had completely different traffic laws. Drive into Parma and suddenly you're required to drive on the left side of the road. Enter Lakewood, and a red light means to go and a green light means stop. Head into Westlake and get arrested because white cars are illegal. That is the scenario facing gun owners if Cleveland wins its bid to overturn statewide preemption in Ohio.

When concealed carry first passed in Ohio back in 2004, there was a provision in the bill numbered "Section 9" that stated the intent of the legislature was for the gun laws enacted to be uniform throughout the state. This was to prevent a patchwork quilt of local gun laws where a constitutionally protected right, enumerated in both the U.S. and Ohio constitutions, was at the mercy the local politicians. With the stroke of a pen your gun rights could be invalidated.

Several Ohio cities, including the City Cleveland, flaunted that attempt so House Bill 347 was passed which enacted Ohio Revised Code 9.68, which reads...