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Family Security Matters » Publications » Will the Supreme Court Put an End to Gun Control?: "The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case involving Chicago’s ban on handgun possession and ownership. Just last year, to the chagrin of Washington, D.C. officials, the high court in a 5-4 decision ruled that the Second Amendment gives an individual the right to possess handguns at his home for self-defense in the District, but it didn’t mention if the right extended to states and cities.

A steady aim.

That’s the scary part for Chicago and other liberal led cities that have similar bans on handgun ownership. Chicago vigorously opposed the Supreme Court hearing the matter because it already knows the outcome. Another 5-4 decision will come down the pike and invalidate its gun ban ordinance.

What amazes me is how liberals can read something as plain as the Second Amendment and claim that what is says isn’t what it means. What is it about the “right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be abridged,” don’t they understand? How can they argue that the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Washington D.C.’s gun ban doesn’t apply to other cities because the District is a federal sanctuary?

The timing for gun advocates couldn’t be better. Fortunately for them the makeup of the court is still four strict Constitutional constructionist, four off-the-chart liberals, and one fence sitter. The fence sitter, Justice Kennedy, will probably vote the same as he did in the Washington, D.C. decision, and liberals will lose again and continue to blame “gun violence” on the weapon instead of where it really belongs: the individual who uses a gun to commit a crime.

Liberals would deny U.S. citizens the right guaranteed in the original bill of rights to “keep and bear arms,” but claim that everyone has the “right” to health care. I don’t recall reading anything about that in the Constitution."