Either way, it’s a win-win in the Chicago case.
Even if Daley keeps ignoring Heller, he is only asserting that the federal gov’t has little or no power over the states. For the states to recognize this is what the DC elite are scared of.
I'm not sure about that - all such a ruling would say is that the 2nd does not apply to the states. It wouldn't say that no federal guns law apply within the states. You couldn't, for example, have Texas pass a law allowing people to own brand new full autos without any paperwork...though I'd like that.