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<\/a>In 2008 the US Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in Washington DC, in favor of citizens’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms outside of the military. Gun control advocates anticipated a barrage of challenges to similar laws in various other states following the ruling. Now, a handgun ban in Chicago nearly identical to the DC law, has reached all the way to the Supreme Court where justices are being asked to determine whether their 2008 ruling extends beyond the Federal Government and it’s enclaves like DC, into states. Many states and cities have their own gun control laws, and while the nation’s highest court seems likely to affirm its earlier decision, there is also some indication that a few justices believe that states’ do have the right to set some rules regarding individual ownership of firearms and where they can be carried. However, since President Obama took office many states have been relaxing gun control laws, giving in to conservative fears of an anti-gun White House. Obama’s signature on legislation allowing guns in national parks and on Amtrak trains has not eased those fears. <\/p>\n