Supreme Court to address limits of gun control
The basic questions have remained largely unanswered and give the conservative majority on the high court another chance to allow Americans expanded rights to own weapons .The amendment states: “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
The specific case deals with Chicago’s longstanding ban on handguns. Latiker supports the law; McDonald is fighting it in court.
Gun control is one of those hot-button social issues that stirs energies on competing sides. The ruling’s impact will be felt across the country as local communities wrestle with whether banning the cheapest, most commonly available firearm will reduce violent crime or leave honest citizens vulnerable.