U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 7, 2010
Shoot-out At the Supreme Court Corral, Round Two
Those in favor of the Supreme Court's gun control decision are wise to keep their powder dry. This won't be the Court's last word on the right of self-defense, says Joerg Knipprath of Southwestern Law School.
The Supreme Court finally announced its much-anticipated decision in McDonald v. Chicago, the challenge to Chicago's comprehensive gun control ordinance that effectively bans the private possession of handguns. The Court, by 5-4, has concluded that the 14th Amendment protects the right to own firearms for personal defense as a fundamental liberty applicable against the states, a holding that likely shoots down the Chicago ...
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