Buying Guns Is Big Business

Yesterday the Supreme Court shot down the Washington, DC handgun ban by a 5-4 vote, giving residents the right to keep weapons in their homes, stating that it violated the Second Amendment. Washington, DC, which has the strictest gun laws in the country had prohibited the ownership of handguns in an effort to curb violence.

Jill Porter, of the Philadelphia Daily News writes about the business of gun ownership: from the cost of funerals due to death, to the average medical cost of $20,000 for a serious gunshot wound. Unfortunately everything is about business when a major decision is made, but in Philly alone, 80% of the homicide victims this year were killed with guns. This is simply the business of illegal activity and killing not only in Philly, but many of our major cities and communities. DC officials will attempt to replace the ban with stricter handgun regulations, which may lead to further litigation. Let's hope that the effort is successful.