"In February, a majority of U.S. congressmen -- 55 senators and 250 representatives -- filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down Washington's ordinance."

For the whole article,
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/26/scotus.guns/index.html

Frankly, after yrs of seeing seemingly earthmoving edicts neutered to 'no-effect' by lawyers and legislators, I'm very skeptical that we'll see a functional effect in places like NYC, Chicago, and WDC. The opposition always seems to put enough roadblocks in the path to negate the effect of such seemingly black and white rulings.

Still, I'm hopeful. We'll see.