Judge looks to Supreme Court gun ruling as he weighs whether to shoot down Chicago ban on laser sights

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 opinion striking down a New York gun-control law. Now, a federal judge in Chicago is weighing whether the ruling applies to other gun-control laws, including the city of Chicago’s ban on laser gun sights. (AP)

Chicago’s little-known ban on possessing laser gun sights is coming under new court scrutiny after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down a key provision of a New York concealed-carry law.

U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. has asked lawyers involved in a Chicago gun-rights lawsuit to offer arguments on whether last month’s Supreme Court ruling applies to city ordinances that prohibit the possession of laser sights for firearms in Chicago.