Mayor Nutter is encouraged by the opinion of the Supreme Court ruling which struck down D.C.’s longtime handgun ban, according to an article on Philly.com.

According to Nutter:  “What the Supreme Court decision speaks to is an individual’s right to keep a weapon in their home for lawful self-defense purposes. What we are seeing on the streets of Philadelphia, of course, is not self defense. It is senseless violence and slaughter. What we are dealing with is not lawful ownership, but rather illegal activity.

“As much as we are concerned about an individual’s right to own their own weapon, we are more concerned with cracking down on activity that is actually illegal.

“In limiting its opinion to the matter of self-defense, and in saying the right is not absolute, the United States Supreme Court decision today is an explicit statement of support for cities all across America who are creating reasonable measures to limit the ability of those who will do harm, who will maim, who will buy, carry weapons illegally.

“This is extraordinary and possibly an unprecedented statement by the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Nutter also mentioned in the same speech that the city would soon begin enforcing three new gun laws which the courts are allowing at the moment. City lawyers are almost finished creating the guidelines with which to enact and enforce the laws.

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