Found a link to the article at Days of our Trailers*.
I didn't figure it would take long, and it didn't. The Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association have already filed the challenge to the 25 year old Chicago handgun ban.
From the Chicago Tribune:
An angry Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday called the Supreme Court's overturning of the Washington D.C. handgun ban "a very frightening decision" and vowed to fight vigorously any challenges to Chicago's ban.
That challenge was not long in coming. Hours after the high court's ruling was made public Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association sued the city and the mayor in an effort to overturn Chicago's quarter-century ban on handguns.
But the most telling comment of the article comes some other city official.
City officials expressed confidence the city would prevail in any court challenge, asserting, among other things, that the 2nd Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights restricts the federal government and does not apply to state and local governments...
...Even before the suit was filed challenging the Chicago Weapons Ordinance, city officials said they believed the Chicago law did not fall under the Supreme Court ruling.
"We are confident that this does not invalidate Chicago's ordinance at this point," said Jennifer Hoyle, spokeswoman for the city Law Department.
Benna Solomon, deputy corporation counsel for the city, asserted that the Supreme Court decision applies only to the federal government. Washington D.C., she said, is part of the federal government, but Chicago is an independent home-rule unit of Illinois.
Oh yeah. That will fly like a lead freaking balloon. Sounds to me like Chicago thinks they are their own country. Last time I checked, the Union of Soviet Socialist Chicagoans was a part of the State of Illinois, and the State of Illinois is part of the United States of America. I will grant, this decision does not DIRECTLY invalidate Chicago's ban, but it makes overturning it very easy to see happening.
Sorry ya stupid idiots, you are governed by the United States Constitution. And what part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand.
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The fact that this case was a no-brainer, constitutionally, & STILL 4 socialist judges thought to arbitrarily strike down the 2nd Amendment *unconstitutionally* worries me. But this is one they can't take back.
*sitting back, watching leftists shite themselves*
http://bodhranrollplease.blogspot.com/2008/06/their-intent.html
The biggest loophole in their theory is the ruling of Miranda VS. Arizona. If the Constitution didn't apply to states and municipalities than courts wouldn't need to issue warrants under the fourth ammenment and your rights wouldn't have to be read to you when you are arrested.
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