Legal Opinion
Rhonda Ezell v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 2011No. 10-3525PublishedCited by 476 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
For nearly three decades, the City of Chicago had several ordinances in place “effectively banning handgun possession by almost all private citizens.” McDonald v. City of Chicago, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 3026, 177 L.Ed.2d 894 (2010). In 2008 the Supreme Court struck down a similar District of Columbia law on an original-meaning interpretation of the Second Amendment.1 District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 635-36, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). Heller held that the Amendment secures an individual right to keep and bear arms, the core component of which is…
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3Cited by476 opinions
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