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Gun laws across U.S. in balance as Supreme Court considers Chicago case
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Gunn rights advocates are urging the Supreme Court to strike down a local Chicago ordinance prohibiting semiautomatic "assault weapons" that can carry more than 10 rounds.
The justices on Friday were to consider the appeal in Friedman vs. City of Highland Park. If they refuse to hear the appeal, the announcement could come as early as Tuesday morning. Such a decision would signal that cities have the authority to restrict high-powered weapons.
But if the justices vote to take up the case, it would put in doubt the constitutionality of laws in other places, including California, that prohibit semiautomatic weapons. |
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"[The SCOTUS] has not said whether the 2nd Amendment protects the right . . . to own more powerful and sophisticated weapons. "
A flat-out lie. While the Heller holding dealt specifically with handguns and the home, in dicta Scalia wrote, "[T]he Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms[.]"
That is certainly "saying" it. |
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