1.0 link 210532 <![CDATA[Handgun Ban Upheld By Federal Appeals Court]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/02/handgun-ban-upheld-by-fed_n_210532.html CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, handing a sharp defeat to the National Rifle Association.

The Second Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing the right to bear arms is not an adequate basis for lawsuits attacking local gun ordinances, the three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

Chicago officials immediately praised the decision affirming a ruling in December by U.S....

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