“District of Columbia v. Heller” on The Daily Caller

In an Arizona Daily Star op-ed Sunday, President Obama called for “common sense” in re-examining the country’s firearms debate. But between significant players in the firearms debate, there still isn’t much “common” ground in their sense-making. (more)

When the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago over the summer that the right to bear arms does apply to the states, the victory’s sweetness for conservatives was short-lived. Almost immediately, gun-rights advocates braced themselves for more battles against the city’s many regulatory hurdles and licensing schemes. (more)

What started out Wednesday as a discussion among experts about the Supreme Court’s recent rulings quickly turned into a debate about whether the current justices on the high court displayed activist tendencies or practiced judicial restraint. (more)

It’s that time of year when postcards from traveling friends and family arrive in our mailbox with pretty pictures of beaches and mountains and captions like “Land of a thousand lakes” or “We do everything big in Texas” under the photo of a giant cowboy. On the back of the card usually a few scribbled thoughts like “Wish you here.” (more)

Chicago’s City Council today approved a new ordinance on the possession of handguns that was proposed by Mayor Richard Daley just days after the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v Chicago that an all-out ban on guns was unconstitutional. The measure was approved 45-0. (more)

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. Chicago, which struck down the city’s ban on handguns, officials are fighting back hard. In the words of Mayor Richard Daley, the city “will publicly propose a new ordinance very soon,” that will restrict gun ownership without violating the court’s decision. (more)

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down Chicago’s gun law in the McDonald v. Chicago case was a significant victory for Second Amendment rights but it also exposed how tenuous our fundamental constitutional rights have become, and the extent to which our freedoms have eroded. (more)

City Hall is rewriting Chicago’s gun ordinance to tighten registration requirements in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Monday that crippled the city’s handgun ban and granted citizens across the country the right to legally keep weapons in their home for protection. (more)

The Supreme Court today ruled in McDonald v. Chicago that the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” does indeed apply to the states. In the 5-4 decision (with Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy in the majority), the court essentially reinforced the ruling in the D.C. v. Heller case two years ago, which declared Washington D.C.’s gun ban unconstitutional. Stephen Breyer was joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and John Paul Stevens in dissenting. (more)

Today marks a great moment in American history. This is a landmark decision. It is a vindication for the great majority of American citizens who have always believed the Second Amendment was an individual right and freedom worth defending. (more)

Legal observers, including respected policy experts, waited overnight on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to secure front-row seats for Tuesday’s arguments for McDonald v. Chicago, a seminal Second Amendment case. Gun rights advocates expect the case, to be decided in June, will expand the rights established in D.C. v. Heller to all 50 states and result in the overturning of Chicago’s strict handgun ban. (more)

Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. But the Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, only applies to the federal government, so yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in McDonald v. Chicago. McDonald will determine whether the vast majority of Americans who live in the states share the same gun rights as District residents. (more)