Two years ago,, when the Heller case set the precedent that the Second Amendment right “of the people” meant “people” and not “the National Guard”, it left two questions:

1. Would the case apply to the states?  Heller referred to the federally-controlled “District of Columbia”; McDonald, which was argued last March and whose decision is due next month, should fix this.
2. What are the “reasonable restrictions” that the court referred to?

It’s an important question – because the orcs who oppose the human right of self-defense like to believe that human rights are commodities, and they are the dealers:

Mark Snyder, an amateur biathlete, wanted to buy a
.22-caliber bolt-action rifle for target shooting and figured the
process would take about a week. After nearly six weeks, six visits to
police departments and $300 in fees, he secured his rifle.

“I was not expecting a free ride,” said Mr. Snyder, 45, “but this is
an obstacle course they put in place.”

“Suuuuuure it’s your right “as a person”; now go get me a…shrubbery“.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia’s 32-year
ban on handguns in 2008, a victory for the gun-rights lobby that
seemed to promise a more permissive era in America’s long tussle over
gun ownership. Since then, the city has crafted rules that are proving
a new, powerful deterrent to residents who want to buy firearms.

Legal gun owners must be registered by the city, a red flag for many
in the gun-rights community concerned that registration lists could be
used to confiscate firearms. The District limits the number of bullets
a gun can hold and the type of firearm residents can buy. It requires
that by next year manufacturers sell guns equipped with a special
identification technology—one that hasn’t yet been adopted by the
industry.

This shows Real Americans two things:

• We’re going to have to win this battle in every single legislature, city council and Congress in the land, and…
• …more importantly – given that so many of the people who drive opinion on the left are so very un-bright –  the years and years we’ve spent educating people  aren’t over.

By the way, DC’s murder rates has dropped since Heller.  Who woulda seen that coming?