When the U.S. Supreme Court said in a pair of opinions that gun ownership is a right — not a privilege — states must honor, the rulings energized Second Amendment absolutists.
“Today’s decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago … should leave little doubt that our individual right to keep and bear arms applies everywhere and is a right for everyone,” Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, told the Daily Caller. Palin commented on June 28, 2010, two years after the high court delighted gun enthusiasts with the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller.
