Gun Ruling Sends Chicago Mayor Into Rage

Unanimous vote comes in wake of US Supreme Court ruling

(NEWSER) - Wasting little time after the US Supreme Court threw out the city's gun ban , Chicago aldermen today voted unanimously to institute new gun regulations. By a 45-0 vote, the lawmakers passed laws considered the nation's strictest, and they weren't coy about their motivation. "No Supreme Court judge could live in my community and come to the same conclusion they did a couple days ago," one alderman told the Sun-Times . More»

Prosecutor won't press most cases in wake of Supreme Court ruling

(NEWSER) - One Wisconsin DA is taking the US Supreme Court's ruling on gun rights and running with it, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In Jackson County, prosecutors won't be pursuing cases against defendants accused of carrying concealed weapons, among other infractions. The high court's ruling in McDonald vs. Chicago "immediately renders some of Wisconsin's current laws unconstitutional," so he's instituting the new policy, which the DA acknowledged targets "the elitists who seek to disarm all of us." More»

Conservatives celebrate, liberals predict anarchy

(NEWSER) - The Supreme Court issued a major gun rights decision today, one that conservatives believe forever ends gun control in America. Here’s what the pundits are saying:

• David Rittgers of the National Review expects violent crime to fall now that people can finally defend themselves. The decision finally kills off “the preposterous idea that governments can reduce the number of victims of violent crime by taking away their means of resistance.”

Challenge to Chicago handgun ban could neuter local gun control measures

(NEWSER) - The Supreme Court will take up a case that could radically alter legal precedent regarding gun ownership and Second Amendment rights. The case is an appeal brought by Chicago-area gun owners who challenged the city’s ban on handguns. The high court overturned such a ban last year in Washington, DC, but didn't make clear whether it applied to cities and states, notes the Los Angeles Times. The ruling, due next summer, could lead to challenges of gun-control measures across the nation. More»

Suit quickly follows Supreme Court 2nd Amendment ruling

(NEWSER) - Close on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense, the National Rifle Association filed suits yesterday against San Francisco and Chicago over gun-control laws in those cities. In San Francisco, the NRA hopes to overturn a law keeping guns out of public housing, and in Chicago, to end a ban on gun ownership, the San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune report. More»