does this change city ordinances?

[G.T. Smith]

I was wondering, that if after Mondays ruling in the supreme court, states like mine, Missouri, which allow open carry, except where prohibited by city ordinances, will be allowed to do away with those ordinances. Or will they be able to keep those restrictions in place? I cannot, by law, openly carry a weapon in my town, but 20 miles to the south it is permitted due to an ordinance that only allows concealed carry in my town. Will this new decision change that or will they continue to charge large sums of money to let a law abiding citizen exercise his or her rights? I doubt if I could get a straight answer if I called my city hall or police station.
Peace,
gordon

 

[oldRoger]

It is remotely possible, about the same probability that you will be hit by falling space junk, that your city/state will see the light and change their laws and ordinances. Don’t hold your breath!
They have nothing particular to gain by doing so, and if they wait until Chicago and NY spend the big money in adjudicating, it may not be necessary anyway. It will be a long time until reasonable regulation is defined.
IMO the way to get the law changed is to have a strong state group which will push at the state level. Further, you need to get friendly state and local officials, in other words, vote!

 

[PDL]

I was wondering, that if after Mondays ruling in the supreme court, states like mine, Missouri, which allow open carry, except where prohibited by city ordinances, will be allowed to do away with those ordinances. Or will they be able to keep those restrictions in place? I cannot, by law, openly carry a weapon in my town, but 20 miles to the south it is permitted due to an ordinance that only allows concealed carry in my town. Will this new decision change that or will they continue to charge large sums of money to let a law abiding citizen exercise his or her rights? I doubt if I could get a straight answer if I called my city hall or police station.
Peace,
gordon

GT,
I'm on your side about the state charging to exercise a right gauranteed by the constitution. But if you're charged alot in your home state, check out UT of FL for out of state permits. UT and FL are both valid in MO. Ut is the cheaper of the two. Classroom training and pay the man is all that's required. Don't know what MO requires. But it's better than my state, no way to get one unless you're connected. So I've got a UT in my pocket for when I'm in reasonable states.

 

[explorer13421]

Rights, even Constitutional rights, are not self-enforcing. That means that a person who thinks his or her rights have been or are being violated has to take action. That action could be attempting to have a law changed by legislation, or it could be to litigate a test case. Litigation is expensive, but organizations often will pay for the litigation.

There will be lots of litigation to flesh out the meaning of yesterday's decision.

 

[oldRoger]

Yes, and litigation will be slow----elections are quicker!

 

[Lew Archer]

Just about every gun/self defense related issue you can think of will be considered for litigation.

And it won't be just those issues. For the first time in years, the Supreme Court incorporated an Amendment in the Bill of Rights and applied it to the states. There are a few other unincorporated Amendments that some will now seek to incorporate, and will use McDonald in their legal briefs and arugments.

Bottom line: this will take time. Decades. We are at the beginning. The questions we all have will be answered one case at a time.