SCOTUS Nominee Sotomayor on Right to Bear Arms: "it is the law of the land right now ..." She's Had a Change of Heart.

During her Senate confirmation hearings, Sonia Sotomayor talked like the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment was settled law.

Sotomayor earlier acknowledged the Supreme Court's 2008 decision that overturned Washington, D.C.'s restrictive handgun law, noting that "it is the law of the land right now in the sense of precedent, that there is an individual right to bear arms as it applies to government, federal government regulation," she said.

The Supreme Court overturned Chicago's ultra restrictive handgun ban Monday by a vote of 5-4. Justice Sotomayor was one of the four dissenting Justices.

Justices John Paul Stevens and Stephen Breyer, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, each wrote a dissent. Stevens said that unlike a ruling two years ago overturning a Washington, D.C., handgun ban, Monday's decision "could prove far more destructive — quite literally — to our nation's communities and to our constitutional structure."

Never believe anything a liberal tells you.

Gun Control Advocates Circle the Wagons and Prepare New laws

The Supreme Court struck don the Chicago handgun ban. In response, Mayor Daily refuses to recognize American's Second Amendment rights and prepares new gun control ordinances. The Chicago Mayor presumably took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. he is failing miserably.

NBC Chicago reported:

As expected, Mayor Daley and Chicago's City Council are circling the wagons to defend against an unfavorable decision by the Supreme Court concerning the city's gun ban.

Daley said the city would have in place a new ordinance aimed at making it difficult to purchase and own a gun in Chicago.

"We'll publicly propose a new ordinance very soon," Daley said at an afternoon press conference concerning the gun ban.

SCOTUS Invalidates Chicago's Handgun Ban

There is good news for Second Amendment fans. The Supreme Court has made a second major ruling affirming the right of individuals to bear arms. This ruling invalidates the Chicago handgun ban.

Fox News reported:

In its second major ruling on gun rights in three years, the Supreme Court Monday extended the federally protected right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states. The decision will be hailed by gun rights advocates and comes over the opposition of gun control groups, the city of Chicago and four justices.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the five justice majority saying "the right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as a substantive guarantee, not a prohibition that could be ignored so long as the States legislated in an evenhanded manner."

The ruling builds upon the Court's 2008 decision in D.C. v. Heller that invalidated the handgun ban in the nation's capital. More importantly, that decision held that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was a right the Founders specifically delegated to individuals. The justices affirmed that decision and extended its reach to the 50 states. Today's ruling also invalidates Chicago's handgun ban.

Rasmussen: 69% Say Cities Don’t Have Right To Ban Handguns

The Supreme Court is wrestling with the issue of handgun ownership rights. Some cities, such as Chicago, have banned handguns. The Court will have to decide these two fundamental issues:

Do strict state and local gun control laws violate the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms"? And can an individual's right to own a weapon extend beyond federal jurisdiction?

According to Rasmussen, Americans have already made up their minds. Sixty-nine percent (69%) believe cities don’t have the right to ban handguns.

The Supreme Court is wrestling with a major case questioning whether Chicago’s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment, but 69% of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning such guns.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 25% of adults think city governments do have that right.