(RT) A United States federal judge ruled Monday that a law in Chicago that limits guns from being sold within city limits is unconstitutional.
US District Judge Edmond E. Chang said in his decision that an attempt by leaders in the Windy City to stop the total sale and transfer of firearms within Chicago, Illinois was in violation of the Constitution’s Second Amendment — the right to keep and bear arms.
City officials said the prohibition was necessary to curb violent crime in Chicago, where 1,864 people were shot and 415 were murdered in 2013. Judge Chang disagreed, however, and said other methods could be implemented to keep those numbers low.
In his ruling, Chang wrote that the city’s attempt to bring down crime figures was likely well intentioned, but not constitutionally sound.
“The stark reality facing the city each year is thousands of shooting victims and hundreds of murders committed with a gun,” Chang wrote. “But on the other side of this case is another feature of government: certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government’s reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment. This right must also include the right to acquire a firearm.”
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