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NRA asks Supreme Court to overturn Chicago handgun ban, apply Constitution to states,
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<blockquote data-quote="cjmousseau" data-source="post: 286993" data-attributes="member: 17590"><p>The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down strict gun control laws in the Chicago area, setting the stage for another high court battle over Second Amendment protections for gun owners.</p><p> </p><p>This week, NRA filed a <a href="http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/litigation/AppendixcertpetitionNRA-Chicago.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: black">petition for certiorari</span></a> to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of <em>NRA v. Chicago</em>. The NRA strongly disagrees with the <a href="http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/litigation/Chicago_Oak_park_app_ct_opinoin.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: black">decision</span></a> issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Second Amendment does not apply to state and local governments. </p><p>"The Seventh Circuit got it wrong. As the Supreme Court said in last year's landmark <em>Heller</em> decision, the Second Amendment is an individual right that 'belongs to all Americans'. Therefore, we are taking our case to the highest court in the land," said NRA-ILA Executive Director, Chris W. Cox. "The Seventh Circuit claimed it was bound by precedent from previous decisions. However, it should have followed the lead of the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in <a href="http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4804" target="_blank"><span style="color: black">Nordyke v. Alameda County</span></a><span style="color: black">,</span> which found that those cases don't prevent the Second Amendment from applying to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." </p><p>This Seventh Circuit opinion upholds current bans on the possession of handguns in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois. </p><p>"It is wrong that the residents of Chicago and Oak Park continue to have their Second Amendment rights denied," Cox concluded. "It's time for the fundamental right of self-defense to be respected by every jurisdiction throughout our country."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjmousseau, post: 286993, member: 17590"] The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down strict gun control laws in the Chicago area, setting the stage for another high court battle over Second Amendment protections for gun owners. This week, NRA filed a [URL="http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/litigation/AppendixcertpetitionNRA-Chicago.pdf"][COLOR=black]petition for certiorari[/COLOR][/URL] to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of [I]NRA v. Chicago[/I]. The NRA strongly disagrees with the [URL="http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/litigation/Chicago_Oak_park_app_ct_opinoin.pdf"][COLOR=black]decision[/COLOR][/URL] issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Second Amendment does not apply to state and local governments. "The Seventh Circuit got it wrong. As the Supreme Court said in last year's landmark [I]Heller[/I][I] [/I]decision, the Second Amendment is an individual right that 'belongs to all Americans'. Therefore, we are taking our case to the highest court in the land," said NRA-ILA Executive Director, Chris W. Cox. "The Seventh Circuit claimed it was bound by precedent from previous decisions. However, it should have followed the lead of the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in [URL="http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4804"][COLOR=black]Nordyke v. Alameda County[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=black],[/COLOR] which found that those cases don't prevent the Second Amendment from applying to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." This Seventh Circuit opinion upholds current bans on the possession of handguns in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois. "It is wrong that the residents of Chicago and Oak Park continue to have their Second Amendment rights denied," Cox concluded. "It's time for the fundamental right of self-defense to be respected by every jurisdiction throughout our country." [/QUOTE]
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