Supreme Court to Decide If Gun Banning Cities Violate 2nd Amendment
A lower court upheld the ruling that cities could create their own laws that ban the ownership of guns. Now the Supreme Court will review the case and make their decision. The case is McDonald v. Chicago, and will not be argued until next year.
The handgun ban has been in place in Chicago since 1982, [...]
Seventh District Court Rules That States Can Overrule the 2nd Amendment
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge. Two municipalities in Illinois
ban the possession of most handguns. After the Supreme
Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783
(2008), that the second amendment entitles people to keep
handguns at home for self-protection, several suits were
filed against Chicago and Oak Park. All were dismissed on
the ground that Heller dealt with [...]
