What Do the Supremes Think of Chicago’s Gun Ban?

By John Lott: If the government can’t protect its citizens, a majority of the Supreme Court appears to believe that people should be allowed to defend themselves.

Does a ban on guns constitute a “reasonable regulation”? Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago sure thinks so. “We have the right for health and safety to pass reasonable laws dealing with the protection and health of the people of the city of Chicago,” Daley said. Despite the push by Chicago to make McDonald v. City of Chicago about crime, a majority on the Supreme Court today appeared to want nothing to do that argument. Justice Anthony Kennedy described the right to self-defense as being as “fundamental” as the right to freedom of speech. The question the court faces is how many of Chicago’s regulations beyond the ban should survive.

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