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Snuffysmith
Jun 26 2008, 09:00 AM
Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Gun Ban
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Michelle Oddis
5-4 ruling strikes down DC's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment.
Snuffysmith
Jun 26 2008, 09:04 AM
Justices Rule for Individual Gun Rights
In Divided Ruling on 2nd Amendment, Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Ban
By DAVID STOUT 10:51 AM ET The 5-4 ruling was the first since 1939 to deal with the scope of the Second Amendment, and the first ever to directly address the meaning of the amendment’s ambiguous text.
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The Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.”
— From Justice Scalia’s
Decision (pdf)
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