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NEWS ABOUT: handgun ban

handgun ban stories: 7 news summaries

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Local Gun Laws

Challenge to Chicago handgun ban could neuter local gun control measures

Sep 30, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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Chicago • US Constitution • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • constitutionality • handgun • handgun ban • Fourteenth Amendment

DC Delegate:
Ban Guns
Near Obama

Says pistol-packers too close; Secret Service says not an issue

Aug 20, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is... More »

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Barack Obama • gun control • Secret Service • Second Amendment • political protest • handgun ban • guns • Eleanor Holmes Norton

OPINION

 DC Still Defying Court on Guns 

City rewords provisions to bog down ownership, though challenges look certain

Jul 23, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The District of Columbia is defying the Supreme Court with efforts to preserve the handgun ban deemed unconstitutional last month, Jacob Sullum writes in Reason. A new law changes the wording of the controversial “disassemble and trigger-lock” provision, meaning owners won’t be allowed to keep guns loaded and... More »

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District of Columbia • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • handgun • handgun ban • guns

NRA Plots Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Against Obama

Bittergate, Chicago gun ban to make appearances

Jul 1, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NRA has budgeted $40 million for the fall elections, with more than one-third of it set aside to spotlight Barack Obama's gun policies. The ad blitz will deny Obama the opportunity to neutralize the issue, Politico reports. A rep says the NRA will target 15 battleground states. “We... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Chicago • NRA • handgun ban • guns

ANALYSIS

Hairsplitting Obama Shifts
to the Center

From gun laws to wiretapping, candidate tacks away from the left

Jun 27, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Supreme Court struck down Washington, DC's ban on handguns yesterday, Barack Obama gave the opinion a muted welcome, endorsing both the right to bear arms and anti-gun laws. Obama's measured, even tortured response—after seeming to support the ban in February—is the latest in a series of... More »

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Barack Obama • Election 2008 • triangulation • handgun ban

Gun Ruling Sends Chicago Mayor Into Rage

'Very frightening,' Daley says; vows to fight for city's strict law

Jun 26, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a handgun ban in Washington, DC, is “a very frightening decision,” says Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, vowing to fight for Chicago’s own strict gun law, which will likely now be challenged. Mayors across the country must protect their cities, Daley... More »

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Chicago • gun control • Richard Daley • US Supreme Court • handgun ban

 Court Strikes Down
 DC Handgun Ban 

Justices vote 5-4 in landmark gun rights case

Jun 26, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in US history. The court's 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with the Second Amendment, the AP reports. But... More »

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Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • gun ban • handgun ban

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