Chicago Claims Second Admendment Doesn't Apply to Cities:PlansTo Defend Gun Ban

Chicago Public Radio reports:

Attorneys for the city of Chicago are planning to defend the city's gun ban, and Thursday they told aldermen how they plan to do it.

Mara Georges, the top lawyer for the city, says that a recent supreme court ruling striking down Washington D.C.'s gun ban doesn't apply to Chicago because a city is different than a federal jurisdiction.

GEORGES: What would have to happen for it to apply to Chicago is that the district court would have to fail to follow well established supreme court precedent.

Georges says in the past, the Supreme Court has explicitly ruled that some of the amendments in the bill of rights apply to states and cities—for example, the right to a lawyer. But the court was silent on other amendments, such as the one at play here, the right to bear arms. Georges says lacking clear direction, a city like Chicago is free to regulate guns.

But a spokesman with the Illinois Rifle Association says he's confident the court will eventually provide clear direction and apply the second amendment to every state and city.