The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision along predictable ideological lines that the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms is an individual right which cannot be denied by the states. As with any right, it is not absolute and reasonable regulations may be had. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a true scumbag, immediately announced that there would be restrictions put in place so onerous as to make owning a gun nigh on impossible. I would go into an analysis of the 4 idealougues who went against the majority, but I'd probably start cussing a lot. I'll just leave it at this, their position is logically indefensible in the context of the history of the incorporation of the Bill of Rights through the 14th Amendment to apply to the states. In other words, they shouldn't be allowed to call themselves justices.
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