Never Thought I’d See the Day
A fair, and even sympathetic, news article concerning the efforts to overturn Chicago’s handgun ban from the AP.
A fair, and even sympathetic, news article concerning the efforts to overturn Chicago’s handgun ban from the AP.
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:08 am
“Mayor Richard Daley said Monday that he was confident Chicago would prevail and stressed that cities and states should be able to decide how best to protect their citizens.”
And they’re doing a fine job of it so far. /sarcasm/
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 am
I think Heller was a significant victory in that it told a lot of moderate people that “no, this is a right. Whether I like it or not, this is part of the constitution and they can’t make laws completely banning guns even if I think they might be a good idea.” It’s a big change in mindset - it’s a much more radical stance for a newspaper to be actively disagreeing with the supreme court than pushing their viewpoint when the court hasn’t made a clear decision recently.
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
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