By DON BABWIN 2010-06-29T10:46:09Z CHICAGO (AP) -- A Supreme Court ruling finding that Americans have the right to bear arms anywhere they live almost certainly means the end of Chicago's decades-old handgun ban, but it may not make handgun ownership there much easier if the city's powerful mayor has his way....

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