Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Why Cops Shouldn't be Allowed to Carry Guns [View all]safeinOhio
(37,783 posts)As it held in Heller, the Court reiterated in McDonald that the 2nd Amendment only protects a right to possess a firearm in the home for lawful uses such as self-defense. It stressed that some firearm regulation is constitutionally permissible and the 2nd Amendment right to possess firearms is not unlimited. It does not guarantee a right to possess any firearm, anywhere, and for any purpose. I don't think urban folks want to move to the right of Scalia. To assume that their are no limits is like assuming the 1st means people have a Constitutional right to publish kiddy porn.
So, as listed in the majority opinions in the SC on gun rights, inner city folks have the right to vote for mayors that support limits that even the far right wing of the court support.
Tom Monihan steps way over what the courts have decided is Constitutional, therefore a bad example.