Chicago’s Ban on Firearms Sales Declared Unconstitutional

Good news for those of you stuck behind enemy lines in the Windy City. A federal judge ruled today that the city’s ban on firearms sales in unconstitutional.

I’m tempted to lament the fact that it took a federal judge to point this out, and I’m also tempted to get on Twitter and rub it in Mayor Emanuel’s face. But it’s late, so I’ll just skip all that and accept the win for what it is: a win.

Gun dealers can set up shop in Chicago, a federal judge has ruled — declaring the city’s ban on firearms sales unconstitutional.

U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang wrote in a 35-page opinion published Monday that Chicago’s 2010 ordinance banning gun sales within city limits “goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms.”

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