Actually, it probably wasn't that close at all. What probably really happened was this:
Scalia writes a wussy finding, giving gun owners individual right only, no other bennies. Vote around table 9-0. A win, but...
Scalia rewrites to give individual PLUS another protection: 8-1
Rewrites to give us even more: 7-2.
Again, with even more for the good guys: 6-3
Final rewrite, pushing every possible gun-owner right he can get away with: Final vote 5-4.
We got the mostest we can possibly wring from this crowd of half-liberal idjuts, thanks entirely to the brilliance of Anthony Scalia.
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