The Supreme Court issued their ruling today on the Chicago handgun ban case. In the case McDonald v. Chicago, the Court ruled 5-4 against the Chicago law that banned private ownership of handguns within the city. The decision, written by Justice Alito, stated “that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller.” If you recall, the Washington, DC handgun ban was the focus of the Supreme Court challenge District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled on behalf of Heller.
The Second Amendment has always been a touchy issue for people around the country and on the political spectrum. It wasn’t too surprising that the Court ruled in a split decision, with the liberals voting against McDonald and the conservatives voting on his behalf. In my opinion, there is only one possible ruling in this case, and that is ruling in favor of McDonald. It has long been understood that the founding fathers believed the only for the general public to keep the government in check is by granting them the right to bear arms. “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” is clearly stated in the Second Amendment. This doesn’t mean laws cannot be passed regulating how weapons can be purchased or controlled, and the ruling by the Court doesn’t address those laws.
With that said, here is a sample of the reactions by the general public as listed on the article “Supreme Court strikes down Chicago handgun ban” on CNN.com:
Responses in favor of the Court ruling
The Supreme Court wisely threw away King Richard Daley’s ill-conceived gun control laws that have been hobbling Chicago residents from defending themselves for decades.
No doubt he will soon conjur up another potically motivated piece of gun control legislation that will also get tossed out by SCOTUS in a few years.
One wonders how much safer the citizens of Chi-town would be had Ritchie used the millions that he spent on lawyers defending this onerous piece of unconstitutionality to hire additional law enforcement officers instead.
All gun control does, is help the criminals, be the only people with guns. They obtain theirs illegally,.and then commit their crimes against those who then have no way to defend themselves.
You can thank our corrupt judicial system, for protecting the rights of criminals, over the rights of citizens.
Congress shall make NO LAW……seams pretty clear to me! And for now , it is still WE THE PEOPLE not us the government.
Comments opposed to the Court ruling
More Supreme Court hypocrisy. We can always count on them to cave to the NRA, about whom Kagan is right; the NRA most definitely are bad guys. How else does one explain their lies, hypocrisy and racist imagery on their own website?! Check out gunbanobama.com.
Has anybody kept track of how many gun deaths occur in the U.S. during one year. I started Jan. 1, 2010 and now have 3 pages, typed single space, and I’m sure there are more I missed that didn’t make Headline news. Does the Constitution really mean we all should have guns to shoot each other, or the militia which is the National Guard in modern days? That’s the question the Supreme Court should be looking at.
So, basically, the SCOTUS has ruled that even mentally instable individuals have the right to have a gun and use it.
Run for cover!
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