The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on another gun rights case. This one will follow on the Dictrict of Columbia v. Heller case of two years ago where the Court ruled that the individual has a right to have a gun in his home. That case applied only to Federal law and DC being a federal city, the Heller case did not apply to other US cities. This case will expand the Heller ruling to all other cities and towns in the US. The source I am using is saying that the court will more than likely rule against the city. Chicago and its suburb of Oak Park are the only local governments with a "total ban on handguns". Many other cities have regulations on guns but not total bans. The Chicago law has been in place for 28 years. A decision is expected by late June. (As I understand it the Heller ruling did not say regulation of guns were unconstitutional, only a flat out ban on them was. The McDonald case will be a similiar ruling).
(Source: "High court poised to say all of America has right to firearms" from wire reports. The Virginian Pilot on 3/3/10).
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