Doe v. East St. Louis Housing Auth.

[AHM]

Washington Examiner: Court halts public housing gun ban, big win for Ill. rape victim
by Paul Bedard | April 11, 2019 03:27 PM

A federal court on Thursday cleared the way for an Illinois rape victim to have a gun in her public housing apartment to protect herself from further domestic violence, the latest judicial victory for Second Amendment advocates.

Senior Judge J. Phil Gilbert for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in Benton, Ill., issued a permanent injunction on the East St. Louis Housing Authority's gun ban, claiming it violated the Second and 14th Amendments letting citizens protect themselves.
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(Hat tip: Instapundit)

Discussed before the ruling at:

The Volokh Conspiracy: Challenge to Gun Ban in East St. Louis Public Housing

 

[M1911]

Calling East St. Louis a third-world crap hole would be a severe insult to third-world crap holes everywhere.

 

[AHM]

Calling East St. Louis a third-world crap hole would be a severe insult to third-world crap holes everywhere.

I'm thinking the lady deserves better,
but she deserves props for standing on her own two feet,
let alone for protecting our civil ights.

 

[M1911]

I'm thinking the lady deserves better,
but she deserves props for standing on her own two feet,
let alone for protecting our civil ights.

no argument there.

 

[Waher]

There is significant precedent nationwide now that public housing authorities cannot ban residents from lawfully possessing and carrying at home.