As a gun owner and proud member of the NRA, it concerns me very deeply whenever I hear that our Constitutionally-provided Second Amendment rights may be in jeopardy.
Last year, our Second Amendment rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the DC vs. Heller case. I joined with the NRA and a bipartisan group of Congressional colleagues to argue that the Washington, D.C., gun ban was unconstitutional. We won -- but we never should have had to have a court case on the Second Amendment, the language and intent of which could not be any clearer.
And now, our Second Amendment rights are again under assault, as the Supreme Court is considering whether the residents of Chicago -- all 2.8 million of them -- can be barred from owning and possessing firearms within the city limits. If the city of Chicago can tell its residents that they can't own a firearm, what is to stop any city or town in the United States from doing the same? I believe that it is flat-out wrong for a city or town to stop its residents from owning a gun they purchased with their hard-earned money, whether it's for protecting themselves, for hunting, for target shooting or for investment purposes. A Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to states and cities would not only jeopardize our individual rights, but it also could open the door to major denials of other Constitutionally-given freedoms in the future.
That's why I've taken the important first step of signing on to an amicus brief encouraging the Supreme Court to overturn the Chicago gun ban. Last year, I signed onto a similar brief -- and I was joined by 55 U.S. senators and 250 U.S. representatives -- urging the Supreme Court to uphold our rights. I'm also encouraging all of my colleagues to sign on as well. Our fundamental rights are far too important to be put at stake.
It's clear that this ban is a serious infringement of a Constitutional right that every American has been guaranteed by the founding fathers. This case is going to be an important decision with far-reaching effects, and I plan on doing whatever I can to continue the fight to prevent government intrusion into our personal freedoms.
The Supreme Court must recognize that no city or town has the power to take our right to keep and bear arms away.
Zack Space is a U.S. congressman.
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