In March, the U. S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the meaning of the Second Amendment.

It's the first time in 68 years the high court will look at the amendment, and arguably the first time ever that a definitive interpretation will emerge of what the Constitution guarantees with those incendiary words, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Gun rights versus gun control is at issue in District of Columbia vs. Heller, and the societal stakes are enormous.

Because if the court does render an NRA-friendly judgment that the words are pretty much what they say, that an individual has the guaranteed right to keep a pistol at home for personal use, then a tsunami of test cases can be expected across the country that will crash over existing state and local gun control laws.

It will be very interesting to see how this works out. A well armed citizenry is the enemy of a fascist state. Handy that the home-grown terrorist definition is at hand to allow the squelching of individual gun ownership, but the right to bear arms will allow Blackwater to serve BushCo. under the cloak of rights and law.