As Pat reported below, the Supreme Court released its decision today in D.C. v. Heller--the first time since before World War Two that the High Court bothered to say anything about the much-maligned, often misunderstood Second Amendment.

SCOTUSblog has a basic summary of the decision. The opinions, written by Associate Justices Antonin Scalia (majority), John Paul Stevens (dissent), and Stephen Breyer (dissent) can be read here.