Supreme Court extends gun rights to states, cities

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Supreme Court extends gun rights to states, cities

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended gun rights to every state and city in the nation, in a ruling likely to spur new challenges to gun control measures across the United States. The 5-4 ruling could ultimately make it easier for individuals to own handguns.

Splitting along conservative and liberal lines, the nation's highest court extended its landmark 2008 ruling, that individual Americans have a constitutional right to own guns, to all cities and states for the first time.

The decision was a setback for Chicago's 28-year-old ban on handguns, which will now face a fresh judicial review and is likely to be eventually overturned.

Legal challenges to existing laws restricting gun use in other states and cities are also expected.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65R35920100628

[BrklynLiberal]

1. The NRA will be celebrating....in fact they have already started.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4445321

[Ikonoklast]

2. So will law-abiding Chicago citizens.

I see the handgun ban in Chicago worked, oh so well.


Not by keeping handguns from criminals, mind you, just their victims.

[proteus_lives]

3. I'm not in the NRA, I'm pro-choice. So yeah, I'm celebrating.

I'm sorry that authoritarians like you feel left out.

[proteus_lives]

4. A great decision!

:thumbsup:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. this is a conservative ruling I also agree with

[Bold Lib]

5. A great victory for civil liberties across the U.S.of A.