Heartland Files Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Chicago Gun Case

Heartland argues the Chicago handgun ban ordinance should be held unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ban has been completely ineffective in curbing handgun use in crimes of murder. And the petitioners need to possess handguns within their own homes for self-defense. 

In the 25 full years since Chicago passed its handgun ban, handgun murder rates have soared, as have murders by young people in the city. Chicago schools have launched a $30 million social program to deter violence by public school students, but this program has literally just begun. In the meantime, Police have no legal or constitutional duty to rescue citizens from violence.