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Chicago Approves Tough New Handgun Restrictions

Jul 2nd 2010 – 8:47PM

CHICAGO (July 2) - The Chicago City Council on Friday approved what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the nation, but not before lashing out at the Supreme Court ruling they contend makes the city more dangerous because it will put more guns in people's hands. The new ordinance bans gun shops in...

High Court's Gun Ruling Won't End Local Skirmishes

By Andrea StoneJun 28th 2010 – 4:27PM
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WASHINGTON (June 28) -- By extending the Second Amendment right to bear arms to state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to legal challenges to gun laws across the country. Whether the decision will change the status quo, though, remains unclear. The case, McDonald v. City of Chicago,...

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Gun Advocates Target Suburb Developing New Gun Laws

By Joseph Erbentraut Jan 25th 2012 - 12:34PM

A Tuesday meeting of the Oak Park Board of Health attracted the attention of gun rights advocates across the state, who fear the village may approve laws they say unfairly restrict gun owners' rights and could be duplicated elsewhere in the state.

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Margie Omero: Views might be changing toward gun laws not actually up for debate. So what?

By Margie Omero Oct 26th 2011 - 03:12PM

Gallup released tracking today of some of the gun questions it's been asking since the 1990s, and in one case, since 1959.

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Dennis A. Henigan: How Many Second Amendment Cases Will the NRA Lose?

By Dennis A. Henigan Oct 06th 2011 - 01:55PM

For the NRA, it was not supposed to be this way.

Background on handgun ban

Gun control is any law, policy, practice, or proposal designed to restrict or limit the possession, production, importation, shipment, sale, and/or use of guns or other firearms by private citizens.

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