The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld strict gun control ordinances in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, Ill., setting the stage for a Supreme Court battle over whether the 2nd Amendment and its protection for gun owners extends to state and municipal laws.

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Court upholds Chicago’s gun laws, setting up possible Supreme Court battle

While most investors have been rightly focused on the crisis in the markets and economy lately, some Americans have been focusing on other political issues, namely the Second Amendment. They wonder, will the Obama Administration and new Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor put the right to bear arms in jeopardy?

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Obama’s court pick, Sotomayor, keeps gun stocks soaring

Above all, there should be absolute clarity about gun related laws on the books, and about law officers’ enforcement of them. Because of that, Kitsap County’s disorderly ambivalence about one of its own gun regulations seems deplorable.

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Washington: Kitsap County should drop its parks gun ban