SCOTUS Considering Change in National Gun Ownership Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to change the scope of the Second Amendment, as five of the top court's justices (guess which ones?) have signaled their opinions about American citizens' rights to bear arms and appear ready to take steps that could override some local and state gun rules, with Chicago as a potential starting point.
The U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to change the scope of the Second Amendment, as five of the top court’s justices (guess which ones?) have signaled their opinions about American citizens’ rights to bear arms and appear ready to take steps that could override some local and state gun rules, with Chicago as a potential starting point. –KA
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Since 1982, Chicago has outlawed handguns in the city, even for law-abiding residents who sought to keep one at home. That ordinance was challenged by several city residents who said it violated their right “to keep and bear arms” under the 2nd Amendment.
The case forced the high court to confront a simple question it had never answered: Did the 2nd Amendment limit only the federal government’s ability to regulate guns and state militias, or did it also give citizens a right to challenge state and local restrictions on guns?
All signs Tuesday were that five justices saw the right to “bear arms” as national in scope and not limited to laws passed in Washington.
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