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Warren Richey
\nChristian Science Monitor<\/a>
\nMarch 2, 2010<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u2019s next Second Amendment cases may decide which state and local gun-control laws can stand.<\/p>\n

In the nearly two years since the US<\/a> Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia\u2019s ban on handguns, more than 190 challenges have been filed seeking to overturn other gun-control laws or to reverse firearms convictions.<\/p>\n

Now, with the justices examining a similar ban in place in Chicago, gun-rights advocates are hoping for another landmark constitutional victory \u2013 this time extending an individual right to keep and bear arms in cities and towns across the country. (To see a preview of this case, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

But the ultimate showdown over gun control in America will be waged in a future legal case not yet on the high court\u2019s radar, analysts say. At issue in that case: Are Second Amendment rights as fundamental as freedom of speech and religion<\/a>, or will gun rights be subject to lesser constitutional protection?<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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