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  • Handgun ban should stay in Chicago

    03/05/2010 12:32:37 PM PST · by BuckeyeTexan · 64 replies · 1,356+ views
    Chicago Tribune Editorial ^ | 03/04/2010 | Carol Hillman
    I am dismayed that the City of Chicago's ban on handguns may be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The second amendment to the Bill of Rights reads as follows: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The amendment talks about a well-regulated militia and thus, it would seem that the right to bear arms is directly related to a militia. In other words, those serving in a militia - or in the present - a branch of the Armed...