Federal Judge Rules Chicago's Ban On Licensed Gun Dealers Unconstitutional

wooferhound writes with news that a federal judge has overturned part of Chicago's firearm laws. From CNN: "A federal judge ruled Monday that Chicago's ban on virtually all sales and transfers of firearms is unconstitutional. 'The stark reality facing the City each year is thousands of shooting victims and hundreds of murders committed with a gun. But on the other side of this case is another feature of government: certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government's reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment,' wrote U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang." The Chicago Tribune notes: "The ruling also would make it legal for individuals to transfer ownership of a firearm as a gift or through a private sale as long as the recipient was at least 18 and had a firearm owner's identification card." The ruling doesn't change anything yet: the ruling's effect was delayed to give the city time to appeal.

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Re:Guns defend rights

[mbkennel]

| Tell that to a black man in Mississippi circa 1964. There are a few that might tell you how the only thing that stood between their home and family, and a dozen angry klansmen with torches, was a 12ga shotgun and the will to use it.

Are you nuts? What do you think would happen one minute after a black man threatened a white man with a weapon in 1964 in Mississippi? Hundreds of men with guns would invade the black neighborhood, backed up by the local and state police.

The only thing that might stand in 1964 between their family and a few dozen klansmen with torches and GUNS was the willingness of the Federal government to intervene with force.