The U.S. Supreme Court announced 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 also filed this suit. The Washington D.C. case was resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 when it struck down the ban on handguns in Washington D.C. Because D.C. is not a state, consideration from an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court decision stating that the "Second Amendment placed no limits on the 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. Othe 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 producung conflicting evidence, this case is going to be monumental! Comments?
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I am behind Sonia Satomayor all the way. The second amendment states that we have the right to bare arms, however, it leaves room for specification. In these times, further details are needed because of the violence. She is not taking the right away from citizens, she is only limiting their options and this is needed. Not to worry, the country will not fall apart if citizens are denied the right to obtain martial weapons. (sarcasm) :)
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