Gun activists to challenge local laws

One lawsuit can lead to plenty more–and that's exactly what gun rights and gun control activists expect in the aftermath of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the right to bear arms. The most influential names in the fight over gun laws in recent days have been Heller and McDonald, the lead plaintiffs in two key lawsuits leading to the Supreme Court ruling. By a 5-4 vote, justices ruled that most Americans can have a handgun in their homes for self-defense. It left Chicago officials scrambling to put together a new handgun law. "We started out under the premise of one gun per person," says Mara Georges, Chicago's top lawyer. She says the city's new plan allows a person to register one handgun per month, but still bans gun shops. Ohio State University law professor Douglas Berman says efforts to repeal gun regulations will rise, and there are hundreds of laws on the books.