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A year after the Heller decision found an individual right to bear arms, the Supreme Court is again considering the question of gun rights. The court granted cert. in McDonald v. City of Chicago, and will hear the question of whether or not the 2nd amendment applies to the states, and not just the federal government, through the process of incorporation via the 14th amendment.

Alan Gura, who successfully argued the Heller case, will be the lead attorney on the side of McDonald, a resident of a high-crime Chicago neighborhood whose application for a gun permit was turned down by the city with arguably the toughest restrictions in the country.

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