Second Amendment

music to my ears

By J. L. Bastiat ⋅ June 30, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Illinoisans may have a governor with dim respect for the state constitution (but, hey, why should the states be more constitutional than the nation?) and less concern for blatant corruption, but at least it’s got some mayors who don’t think it’s worth fighting The Supremes. Sorry, that would be the Supreme Court. Ahem. Anyway, some poetic justice has Morton Grove likely to be one of the first local handgun bans dropped in the wake of Heller:

Both Morton Grove and Wilmette were among the cities sued on Friday by the NRA. Their decisions are sensible. While the issue of Second Amendment incorporation is still unresolved, Richard Daley’s government in Chicago can spend its own funds to fight the issue all the way to the Supreme Court. If Daley wins, the suburbs can re-institute their bans. If Daley loses (an outcome that seems more likely than not if the Supreme Court takes the case), then Wilmette and Morton Grove have saved themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars of attorneys fees, since they would have to pay their own lawyers, and have to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers for bringing a successful civil rights claim.

(Volokh Conspiracy, The First Dominos Fall: Morton Grove and Wilmette Handgun Bans)

Don’t worry, folks. After all, the cities can still take your property if someone whose taxes will be higher wants to buy it from them….you needn’t go into shock at the sight of a Constitutional liberty being upheld. There’s still plenty being trampled.