Chicago Handgun Ban in Front of Supreme Court

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging our city's handgun ban. Given that the Roberts Court already struck down D.C.'s gun ban, I have to think that ours will suffer the same fate.

Local handgun laws have been held up on the argument that the 2nd Amendment applies only to federal law and that states and localities can restrict gun ownership. In the D.C. case, the SCOTUS directly ruled against that argument finding the right to bear arms an individual right. Granted, most individual rights have some restrictions--you can't yell fire in a crowded theater--but the NRA won't be happy until we all have our own personal concealed AK-47.

We'll see how this impacts Chicago. We already see a tragic amount of gun violence. My only hope is that we get the chance to revisit this upcoming decision if gun violence in the city rises in the next couple years.

UPDATE: It doesn't mention the gun case, but TNR has an interesting article today about the Chief Justice.