Master Doug Huffman
Banned
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http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2010/03/mcdonald-v-city-of-chicago-ruling-may.php
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2010/03/mcdonald-v-city-of-chicago-ruling-may.php
[Excerpt] There was, however, one idea around which the justices seemed to coalesce: even if the right is incorporated, states and localities will retain broad power to regulate the right in the interest of public safety.
The discussion of necessary limits on the right to be armed began with a trenchant observation by Justice Breyer. He asked Attorney Gura this question: "Is this right different from others?" Justice Breyer then answered his own question by making two points.
First, he noted that empirical issues involving guns are hotly contested ("You know, one side says a million people killed by guns. Chicago says that their – their gun law has saved hundreds, including...lots of women in domestic cases. And the other side disputes it.") and that "[w]ithout incorporation, it's decided by State legislatures; with, it's decided by Federal judges." [/Excerpt]