Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike
This ruling applies in Washington DC, a Federally governed area. The US government can and sometimes has overuled the DC city government. Second amendment righs have still not been extended to state citiizens through the 14th amendment. Until that happens all this second amendment ruling does is keep the Federal government from taking away our guns (unless you live in DC). The 14th amendment is the mechanism that brought school integration, elimination of school prayer, bussing, civil rights acts etc... It doesn't seem a stretch to apply the 2nd amendment through the 14th to the rights of citizens in the states but it still hasn't been done and this ruling doesn't do it.

Someone from Chicage would have to challenge the law arguing the 14th amendment prohibited Chicago from curbing their 2nd amendment gun rights.

Best,

Mike


Wisconsin, a few years ago, passed an amendment to the State Constitution giving residents "the right to keep and bear arms'.-Dick