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For the past 28 years it has been illegal to own a handgun in the city of Chicago. The city states that it has statistics to show the thousands of lives that it has saved. However many are with the strict laws banning handguns. Otis Mcdonald, a Chicago citizen has brought the city to court over this law. He sates that he wants to be allowed to legally own a handgun to protect him and his family from gangs that roam the streets by his house in the southern region of the city. The case has now reached the Supreme Court, and a verdict is expected to come by July. Whether they rule in favor or against Otis, the Court's decision will be one to mark in the history books. For decades political groups have been arguing about just how the Second Ammendment of the Bill of Rights can be applied, and at what point the government can intervene in telling it's citizens if they can or cannot own guns.
Do you think that the Second Ammendment allows citizens to own firearms, including handguns? Why or why not?
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If a person wants to carry a weapon that person should be able carry a weapon by law, but the person has to fit the standards on who can carry a weapon. The right to bear arms might be taken out of context at times but it there is things like gangs that makes a person want weapons.
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