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Opposition Mounts Against Chicago’s Restrictive Gun LawJuly 28, 2011
Chicago’s recent ordinance restricting handgun possession to inside the home, mandating an hour of range training as a prerequisite to gun ownership, among other measures probably violates citizens’ Second Amendment rights and was temporarily shelved by local courts, according to reports.
“The federal judiciary is slowly coming to the realization that the Second Amendment actually means the public can have guns,” says a Washington Times editorial. Others are defending the legislation. “It seems to me like a good idea that those who do own guns are in practice and know how to aim their weapons,” says Eric Zorn in the Chicago Tribune.
What happens now? It could make it all the way to the Supreme Court, says Steve Klein at Wyoming Liberty Group. “So, this is, sadly, not the final word on Chicago’s gun range ban. However, it is a strong opinion that applies the Second Amendment with the same force of other individual rights recognized in the Bill of Rights, rather than acknowledging it while simultaneously upholding regulations that effectively choke it to death.” Daniel Zimmerman at The Truth About Guns says that Chicago “will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into Second Amendment compliance.” Stay tuned.
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