Obama stated during his campaign that, while he respects the Second Amendment, he supports the right of local government to impose “common-sense regulations” on the ownership of firearms. Even if Obama’s favors a restrained approach (which is doubtful), his colleagues in Congress are likely to take their electoral advantage to the bank on this front and Obama would likely offer little resistance as the definition of “local government” and “common-sense” are certain to be malleable concepts in the coming days.

ON A SIDE NOTE: It occurs to me that the infamous Assault Weapons Ban shares its initials with one of our regular contributors. You might consider changing your name awb.