Judge looks to Supreme Court gun ruling as he weighs whether to shoot down Chicago ban on laser sigh
Chicago’s little-known ban on possessing laser gun sights is coming under new court scrutiny after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down a key provision of a New York concealed-carry law.
U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. has asked lawyers involved in a Chicago gun-rights lawsuit to offer arguments on whether last month’s Supreme Court ruling applies to city ordinances that prohibit the possession of laser sights for firearms in Chicago.
Dow has given the lawyers until mid-July to respond in the case, Second Amendment Arms v. Chicago, which was filed in 2010 by a gun dealer in an effort overturn the city’s ban on gun stores operating in Chicago.
In a separate case, another federal judge in Chicago struck down that gun-store ban in 2014.
Because the ban was overturned, Dow ruled that Second Amendment Arms wasn’t entitled to compensatory damages from City Hall.
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The historical / textual basis test required by Bruen could theoretically overturn any weapon type prohibitions. There were no restrictions as to what type of weapons could be owned until the 1930s. Thomas of course made sure that couldn't be used by stating that the historical basis should be 18th or 19th century and widely held within the US during that period.
