“The mayor had the look of the instantly haunted, the look of somebody who had done her very best only to see the very worst happen anyway,” MichaelDalyNYC writes.
“The ordinance criminalizes modern sporting rifles , which many Americans own for lawful purposes like self-defense, hunting, and target shooting,” Thomas wrote. “Under our precedents, that is all that is needed for citizens to have a right under the Second Amendment to keep such weapons.”
The Highland Park ban still stands, at least for the moment. But it offered little protection as long as so many other jurisdictions make assault weapons easy to acquire. Salvador Ramos of Uvalde, Texas, legally acquired two assault rifles—both advertised as “modern sporting rifles”—the day after his 18th birthday, and another two days later. He proceeded to murder 19 students and two teachers at a local elementary school.
An actual gunman with an actual rifle waited as the parade kicked off, led by a police contingent with lights flashing and the fire department in an antique engine. They were followed by a marching band, which struck up “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”
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