"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."

And the supporting cite?  It is clear the ratifiers of the 14th Amendment, concerned as they were with slavery and civil rights, gave little if any thought to the theory that the 14th Amendment would result in the 2nd Amendment being applied to the states, i.e., "incorporated."  While the Framers in Philadelphia might have thought bearing arms a fundamental right, tying those original Framers to (and it is badly written & hard to read) to the Framers of the 14th Amendment and those ratifying it is absurd.  

The City of Chicago and any other city or state  should be free to regulate the possession and use of firearms within its municipal borders as it sees fit.  Stripping this power away from states and localities will result in many more gun deaths.

This is the sort of mixed up federalism practiced by this outrageously activist court and modern conservatives more generally.  Conservative favored rules are afforded federal if not Constitutional weight, whether through internatioanl treaties, statute or court opinions based on 5 justices' understanding of "history."  

Some how the word 'arms' seems to be a given as meaning guns.  It's not, the word 'arms' as I understand it can mean anything from a slingshot to a tank.

A strict reading of the second amendment would mean that I have the right to bear a bazooka or a missile which is absurd.  Yes, the original text arguers always assume arms means guns, which is clearly doesn't.  Either you read it word for word or you don't, and assuming one word 'arms' means guns doesn't jive, at all, with the original text.

I like the call, in my opinion, everyone has the right to defend themselves.  How that evolved into carrying rifles and handguns in public is insane.  We are clearly at a point when the very arms described in the Constitution are being used for intimidation (unconcealed) which in my opinion is the exact opposite of what the Second Amendment was trying to accomplish.

If someone is taking the word 'arms' to mean guns, specifically, then they are conceding that the original text needs clarification and that that right can be infringed upon by the twisting of what the actual word 'arms' is referring to.

"No no that is never what we meant when we wrote the Constitution"

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Understanding there might be confusion as to it's meaning, the founder's placed the "well trained militia" sentence in to clarify and define the meaning of "the people."

The mayor said his primary goal would be to protect police officers, paramedics and emergency workers from being shot when responding to an incident at a home. He said he also wants to save taxpayers from the financial cost of lawsuits if police shoot someone in the house because the officer felt threatened.

"If the ban is overturned, we will see a lot of common-sense approaches in the city aimed at protecting first responders," Daley said. "We have to have some type of registry. If a first responder goes to an apartment, they need to know if that individual has a gun."

The city is looking closely at models adopted in Washington, D.C., after the Supreme Court struck down its handgun ban two years ago and in California, which has some of the most comprehensive gun laws in the nation.

Chicago already requires registration of rifles and shotguns, which are legal in the city, and those regulations could easily be applied to handguns, according to the city's corporation counsel, Mara Georges. The city also has the option of rewriting its current ordinance to include stronger, more controversial measures, such as databases that track a gun from the manufacturer to the gun shop to its current owner, and ballistic fingerprinting, which requires manufacturers to test-fire guns and keep a record of the unique ballistic markings left on bullets and shell casings.

Gun control advocates said such requirements can help law enforcement identify guns that are linked to crimes. But gun rights advocates said such requirements deter law-abiding citizens from obtaining guns and lead to further litigation.

"What cities need to realize is that the 2nd Amendment is a normal part of the Bill of Rights," said Alan Gura, the lead attorney representing plaintiffs in the case against Chicago being considered by the Supreme Court. "Laws that can be justified as having a real solid public safety purpose that don't interfere with people's rights, those will survive."

Gura also represented plaintiffs in the District of Columbia lawsuit in 2008.

Daley said he likes all aspects of the D.C. law and that Chicago could look there for ways to strengthen its licensing procedures. After its gun ban was overturned, the district adopted stringent requirements for prospective gun owners, including a four-hour class on firearm safety, at least an hour of firing training and passing an exam. The newly purchased gun also must undergo ballistics identification firing by police.

Next year, the district will require semi-automatic pistols to be micro-stamped, a controversial technique in which serial numbers are marked on cartridge cases that can be traced back to registered gun owners. California also has adopted a requirement for micro-stamping, a technology that was recently developed and is not yet in use. New York's legislature is considering a micro-stamping bill.

Given the context of the Constitution, i.e., revolution against the government, i.e., the King of England, I think the 2nd Amendment was meant to hold out the capability of the people to overthrow the government and to keep the government from taking away their ability to do that by taking their guns. The basic Constitution already gave the government the right to raise an army. So what would be the purpose of the 2nd Amendment if not to assure the people could have their guns. (Note, I say this as a strong advocate of gun control. But the 2nd Amendment seems unavoidable to ensure gun ownership.)