Supreme Court to hear 2nd Amendment incorporation case!

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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 10:37am
JIMV
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Posted September 30, 2009 10:25 AM
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by David G. Savage

The Supreme Court set the stage for a historic ruling on gun rights and the 2nd Amendment by agreeing today to hear a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns.

At issue is whether state and local gun-control ordinances can be struck down as violating the "right to keep and bear arms" in the 2nd Amendment.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/09/supreme_court_ch...

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Fri, 10/02/2009 - 9:59am
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JIMV
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The Chicago laws at issue are as significant a violation of a citizen's right to bear arms as were D.C.'s. Chicago residents can't have a gun without registration, can't register handguns, can't register a gun that's already in their possession, and if they miss a yearly deadline to re-register, that weapon becomes forever unregisterable. Gura and the Second Amendment Foundation (with the Illinois State Rifle Association) have pulled together a set of plaintiffs with personal tales of having their quality of life lessened by the gun ban.

http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/01/the-supreme-court-takes-on-gun

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