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TPC
09-30-2009, 08:19 AM
Just a heads up to watch the news.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.

The court said it will review a lower court ruling that upheld a handgun ban in Chicago. Gun rights supporters challenged gun laws in Chicago and some suburbs immediately following the high court's decision in June 2008 that struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

The new case tests whether last year's ruling applies as well to local and state laws.

Flat Broke
09-30-2009, 10:48 AM
Just a heads up to watch the news.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.

The court said it will review a lower court ruling that upheld a handgun ban in Chicago. Gun rights supporters challenged gun laws in Chicago and some suburbs immediately following the high court's decision in June 2008 that struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

The new case tests whether last year's ruling applies as well to local and state laws.

It's a potentially great time for 2A rights. So long as the battles are picked wisely and in a manner that allows an incremental expansion of 2A rights, even us poor schmucks in CA will have some things to look forward to. We just need to be patient and hope that another Columbine doesn't pop up to serve as a bandwagon for demo-gungrabbers to jump on. Within a few years, it's completely foreseable that the California handgun roster could be a thing of the past.

Chris