Topic: McDonald v. Chicago
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Opinion: Madison never meant Second Amendment to allow guns of Sandy Hook shooting
Adam Lanza's shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. renews debate over gun control. A close look shows that James Madison conceived the Second Amendment in a different time, under different circumstances, with different weapons.
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Colorado shooting: Why calling Obama 'anti-gun' is smart politics
The gun lobby's bid to preempt new gun-control measures appears to be working. Even in the wake of Colorado massacre, Obama – dubbed by the NRA 'the most anti-gun president in history' – is defending gun rights.
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Gun nation: Inside America's gun-carry cultureWhy Americans now carry handguns in so many public places, from parks to college campuses. Is it making the country safer or more dangerous?
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Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king
The gun control movement has faltered in recent years. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend his own fortune to buck that trend, most notably with a Super Bowl ad.
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Supreme Court: Second Amendment rights apply across US
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to every jurisdiction in the nation. It places in doubt the constitutionality of Chicago's handgun ban.
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Supreme Court seems ready to extend gun rights to cities, states
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a landmark gun rights case that could apply the Second Amendment's right to bear arms to both cities and states.
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Supreme Court, gun control, and the Second Amendment: a reckoning
The Supreme Court's next Second Amendment cases may decide which state and local gun-control laws can stand.
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Supreme Court to take up landmark gun-control case
The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on a landmark gun-control case, McDonald v. Chicago, on whether cities and states have the right to ban handguns.
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Supreme Court to take up Chicago gun ban
The case challenging a handgun ban in Chicago will decide whether the individual right to bear arms upheld by the Supreme Court in a D.C. case last year applies to all states and cities, too.
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