Apparently the Bush administration has decided to reverse itself on the ground breaking Ashcroft opinion that the Second Amendment was an individual right.  This is bad news.  A potentially huge setback for us.  The position was made public in an FAA document regarding spaceflight of all things.  David Codrea has been investigating the story and has been told that this has approval from Executive Office of the President:

When John Ashcroft penned his "individual rights" opinion, it made headlines around the world. Terms like "sea change" were thrown about, and we were told how significant the opinion was for gun rights. The Bradys went nuts. 18 state attorneys general followed suit and drafted their own letter of concurrence. And this was used to tremendous advantage to convince gun owners to throw their support behind the Bush administration.

But now we have it from one of the top attorneys in that administration that the "collective rights" language "was reviewed and approved by the Executive Office of the President."

Ladies and gentlemen, most will not realize this, but this is news, and it is significant. But chances are, this insignificant blog is the only place where you will learn of it, which means most gun owners will not.

Indeed, this is bad news and if true, word needs to be spread.  If this is truly from the top and represents the new official position of the Bush administration, will the DOJ adopt it as well and submit an amicus brief supporting the collective rights interpretation  in the Parker appeal?