SCOTUSblog reports that the Supreme Court will consider hearing two cases challenging Chicago’s handgun ban when it meets at its first Conference for the new term on Sept. 29. At issue is whether the Second Amendment applies to state and local laws or only federal laws. After D.C.’s handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, it seemed that Chicago’s days were numbered, yet since D.C. is under federal control, cities and appellate courts wiggled around the ruling by claiming the Second Amendment didn’t apply to states. From SCOTUSblog: