Read the text of the decision here.
Ok, that should have taken you at least an hour. I have rarely seen each WORD of the Second Amendment so thorougly analyzed.
Basically the long and short of it is the US Court of Appeals for the DC circuit debunks the notion that the preamble to the grant of rights contained in the Second Amendment is intended to refer to a collective right of "the militia" instead of an individual right.
That just goes to show you how perverted the thought process is in some jurisdictions-- there are people who believe that the Constitution's minimum guarantees of individual rights are in fact an enfranchisement of a quasi-state organ like a Militia. Possibly the most backward reading imaginable.
To illustrate how absurd that approach is, consider if the same logic were applied to the Fourth Amendment, which reads,
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Suppose that one were to assume that the very same "people" in the Fourth Amendment referred NOT to individuals but to homeowners because of the word "houses". Absurd.
I predict that the SCOTUS will NOT pick this up for review.