Justice Alito announced this morning that the Fourteenth Amendment does incorporate the Second Amendment in the Heller case to keep and bear arms in self defense. Therefore McDonald v. Chicago is deemed a victory for gun rights.
Justices in dessent: Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayer.
It appears all of the majority Justices agree that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments but there may be some disagreement with Alito’s entire ruling.
McDonald v. Chicago ruling can be found here.
I’ve not examined the ruling yet but it appears McDonald v. Chicago is very close in resembling the Heller case. The Court remanded the case back to the Seventh District Court and what we will probably see is a similar action as to what we saw in Washington, D.C. after Heller.
It appears this is one more step in trying to make some kind of determination as to what is considered “reasonable” gun control. Incrementally we will take back what we can get of our rights to keep and bear arms but as with the Heller case, the Court does not offer any indication as to what is acceptable gun control.
I’ll offer more as I get it.
Tom Remington
