OUTDOOR HUB
Daniel Xu | January 7, 2014
Chicago’s ordinance banning most gun sales and transfers within its boundaries was passed by the city council in 2010. This Monday, a federal judge found it unconstitutional.
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United States District Judge Edmond E. Chang ruled on Monday that Chicago’s ban on firearm sales within the city limits was unconstitutional. According to CNN, Chang said that the city government is obligated to protect constitutional rights such as the Second Amendment, which the ordnance violates.
“The stark reality facing the city each year is thousands of shooting victims and hundreds of murders committed with a gun. But on the other
side of this case is another feature of government: certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government’s reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment,” Chang wrote. “Chicago’s ordinance goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms.”