The U.S. Supreme Court announced recently that it would hear the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case banning handgun possession in Chicago and Oak Park, Ill. The attorney who filed a suit in Washington D.C. has filed this suit. The Washington D.C. case was resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 when it struck down the ban. Because D.C. is not a state, considerations from an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court decision stating the "the Second Amendment placed no limits on state authority" has not been challenged.
As I understand it, some think the Bill of Rights was written to protect states rights from an overpowering federal government. Other people see the Second Amendment as an individual right; not a militia empowerment.
Previously newly installed Justice Sonia Satomayor in a Second Circuit Court in New York upheld a state law restricting martial weapons. Given that the decision on the Washington case was a split 5-4 vote with two senior Justices producing conflicting evidence, this case is going to be monumental. Any comments?
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