Supreme Court To Rule On Chicago Hand Gun Ban

September 30th, 2009 (11) Posted By Pat Dollard.

2nd-amendment

Washington Post:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would decide whether an individual’s right to own guns for self-defense — as articulated by the high court in 2008 when it struck down the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns — also covers states and other cities with gun-control laws.

The question of whether the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government and federal enclaves like the District is one that was not addressed in the decision in Heller v. District of Columbia.

The case that the court accepted Wednesday concerns the city of Chicago’s law, which bans most handguns.

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  • BTJoe112

    The case that the court accepted Wednesday concerns the city of Chicago’s law, which bans most handguns. MOST????All. In-less your a gang banger or Daleys body guards.

    • Xcrypto

      The should hold the hearings in a bar in Arizona.

  • ArchInfidel

    This is critical since nearly all major cities are lefty strongholds and have similar illegal gun restrictions. If the Court UPHOLDS the constitution it could be domino’s for these ridiculous criminal protections and punishments to law abiding citizens.

    • Kirk

      And if it fails to uphold the Constitution, all hell will be let loose. :gun:

  • Bobby E

    Ah, hell! Why doesn’t Chicago also ban two-by-fours? That’s all O’s future soulja boyz needed to kill one of their own.

  • Bobachek

    Gotta be careful with this one not to step on states rights in the 10th amendment…
    I’m there with ya on the 2nd but our federal government is way the fuck out of line in regards to trampling states rights…

  • D QUIXOTE

    One amend doesn’t negate another. There is no state right to restrict firearms ownership because of the 2nd amend, so the the 10th doesn’t even come into play.

    • Xcrypto

      If the 2nd amendment only applies to Federal enclaves; am I breaking the law by reading the morning paper in my home in Maine. Does the court see a limitation on the 1st amendent as well?

  • crimedog

    This ought to be a no-brainer. But then some of the recent decisions by the “high court” would make one wonder if they had any brains. You would also have to wonder what they were smoking to make them the “high court” in the first place.

  • USNA1985

    While the 10th Amendment states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people, AND since the 2nd Amendment specifically states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”, I don’t see how the Court could rule otherwise except for ideological bias. The Court better be careful, if they don’t keep these morons in Congress and state legislatures “in check”, they will leave the people of this country no other alternative but to revolt.

  • D QUIXOTE

    If the senile oligarchs rule in favor of chicago on this, does that mean the protections listed in the rest of the bill of rights would only apply in federal cases, and the states could screw us at their leisure???