In recent decades there have been two issues that politically divide America more than anything else, abortion and guns. The latter will go before the Supreme Court and the decision, which will be rendered in the spring most likely, will only be surpassed by the original writing of the 2nd Amendment in terms of historical significance.

On a related note, Nov 19 was National Ammo Day.

After a hiatus of 68 years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to rule on the meaning of the Second Amendment — the hotly contested part of the Constitution that guarantees “a right to keep and bear arms.” Not since 1939 has the Court heard a case directly testing the Amendment’s scope — and there is a debate about whether it actually decided anything in that earlier ruling. In a sense, the Court may well be writing on a clean slate if, in the end, it decides the ultimate question: does the Second Amendment guarantee an individual right to have a gun for private use, or does it only guarantee a collective right to have guns in an organized military force such as a state National Guard unit? [From SCOTUSblog]