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This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have the right to keep a handgun in their home for self-defense, regardless of where they live.
In a 5-4 vote, high court rejected the long-instituted handgun ban in the Chicago area.
Justice Samuel Alito issued the following opinion for the majority: “It is clear that the framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty.â€
Chicago municipal law dictates that all guns be registered with the police. However, the city does not permit handguns to be registered, which places a ban on handguns for Chicago residents. Additionally, the Chicago suburbs of Evanston, Highland Park, Morton Grove, Oak Park, Wilmette, and Winnetka have all outlawed the ownership of handguns.
Despite such tough restrictions on the ownership and carrying of guns, there were 458 murders last year in Chicago. Since 1990, more than 13,000 people have been murdered in that city.
In the coming years, as residents of the Windy City are now allowed to purchase handguns for their homes, we will see a dramatic drop in crime in and around Chicago, just as we have seen in our nation’s capital.
During 2009, there were 143 murders in Washington D.C., a 23 percent drop from the previous year. This, in a city which for many years.
That bit of good news was completely ignored by had the nation’s mainstream media…But why?
The answer to the aforementioned question, as well as to the reason for the lowest number of murders in our nation’s capital since 1964, can be attributed to the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision which lifted the city’s handgun ban.
That 5-4 decision read: “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.â€
Of course, laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years since the District of Columbia placed a ban on the ownership of handguns, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder) soared.
It is also no coincidence that since the ban was lifted, violent crime, as well as property crimes are much lower in the District.
Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.
In 1982, the town council in Kennesaw, GA, passed a law which required heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than in 1981.
*Reporter’s note: Near the end of World War II, the Japanese leader Tojo once said that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because "there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Americans’ right to keep and bear arms has served us well. It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring, and many of those armed citizens have given countless criminals to an early demise.
The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once. If you choose not to defend yourself or your family, that is your absurd decision and I wish you luck. However, for those of us who choose to exercise our Second Amendment right…Remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!â€
Of course, these facts are ignored by the mainstream press because they do not help promote their agenda.
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