"Unless Justice Kennedy does an about-face," Friedman says, "the chances of the survival of Chicago's ordinance are about as high as Sonny Corleone in the toll booth."
By now, there are few gun owners left who have not heard that the Supreme Court will hear arguments in McDonald v. Chicago this term, with a decision likely to be announced . . . .
Read the whole thing . . . Friedman first struck me as an opponent of gun rights, dismayed at the idea of concealed carry, but after speaking with him privately I think he's more of an agnostic. As a legal exercise, he predicts incorporation, but he's not convinced that it will be good to eliminate any local restrictions. He was very cagey with me when I wanted him to make some predictions about the effects of incorporation on various states' concealed carry laws (Illinois, Wisconsin, Hawaii . . . ) which is perfectly understandable . . . . but he did tell Fredericka Whitfield on CNN that "we're looking at Dodge City all across the country."