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Chicago-Area Gun Owners Praise D.C. Ruling

by David Schaper, NPR
June 27, 2008

Gun owners are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on handgun ownership in the District of Columbia, which has one of the strictest laws of its kind. Chicago's is similar, and some gun owners there filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the city's anti-gun law.

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