That was the decision the gun control advocates feared the most – one that declares the Second Amendment an individual right with concrete consequence not just empty words.

Chicago’s lawyers may argue the decision only applies to Washington D.C. and not the nation but that logic is spinning faster than our washing machine does in its terminal cycle. That is they will attempt to argue the decision is narrow and applies only to the DC ban, an argument that will only fail as, IIRC, their is a passage in the decision stating if the second amendment is not safe from outright violation than no other amendment is safe.

My understanding of the decision (based on a conversation between a radio talker & WI’s attorney general) is there was a fair amount of leeway to regulate, e.g. licensing schemes and such, no gun zones in schools & government buildings etc, but explicit and total bans are unconstitutional.