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Chicago Rushes to Approve New Gun Restrictions
By David Knowles - AOL NewsJust days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chicago's handgun ban, the city's mayor, Richard Daley, proposed a slew of new restrictions on those planning to become gun owners in the Windy City. "As long as I'm mayor, we will never give up or give in to gun violence that continues to threaten every part of our nation, including Chicago," Daley said at a news conference today. Just hours after the mayor described the new regulations, the Chicago Council Police and Fire Committee voted to approve them. For the measures to go into effect, they must be voted on by the full City Council. ...
Opinion: Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Can Make Us All Safer
By not in system - AOL News(June 28) -- In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that state governments are not able to ban most Americans from owning most types of handguns. The majority decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, stated that firearms are "essential for self-defense." Predictably, gun control advocates bemoaned the ruling. But the court's decision is not just correct on constitutional grounds. It will help make the country safer. Another View The gun pushers lobby must be disappointed, since the Supreme Court ruling continues to allow for a wide variety of reasonable gun ...
NRA Discourages Board Members From Testifying Against Kagan
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn the eve of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan -- and for the second time in two weeks -- the National Rifle Association (NRA) is under fire from conservatives. According to RedState's Erick Erickson, a prominent conservative blogger, "internal Senate emails confirmed by NRA Board Members show that the National Rifle Association's management team has explicitly and directly told the NRA's board they are prohibited from testifying about second amendment issues" during the Kagan hearings. It turns out that during the confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court ...
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