Jim Yanik wrote:

Obama claimed to "support the Second Amendment",yet didn't sign the
Heller amicus brief as other DemocRATs did.He first said he believed
DC was OK to ban guns,then reversed himself after the USSC ruled in
favor of Heller.

I don't think he reversed himself. His position is (paraphrasing) "Local
communities should have a right to tailor laws to fit their own
circumstances."

The plain meaning of his position is that, while the 2nd Amendment provides
a right to keep and bear arms, a city should have a right to restrict - or
even eliminate - guns due to a compelling social need.

As a putative constitutional law expert, he should know that impinging on a
constitutional right carries a high burden. It doesn't matter if the
majority in a city doesn't like Jehovah Witnesses - the city can't ban the
church. While the constitution says the accused should have access to a
lawyer, a state can't prohibit legal representation to child molesters just
because it's a compelling social goal to do whatever's necessary to get them
off the street.