Thank You, God, For Antonin Scalia.

The Supreme Court, for the first time in U.S. history, has ruled conclusively that the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.

Full text of the decision is here.

This is big. I think in the long run it's Roe v. Wade big. Let's see how Obama and McCain respond.

Volokh has more. Their initial assessment is that it still leaves some fundamental questions open. I agree, but the groundwork has been laid.