A Cook County judge has dismissed Wilmette resident Hale DeMar's court challenge against the village's handgun ordinance, ruling that he had no legal right to own the handgun he used to wound and drive off a burglar in December. DeMar was cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting itself, but was cited under Wilmette's 15-year old ordinance banning handgun possession, which can result in a fine and loss of the weapons. Before that case could be heard, DeMar's attorneys filed a counterclaim seeking to have Wilmette's law declared unconstitutional as it was applied to him. They claimed the village's application...