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Justices Appear Skeptical Of D.C.'s Handgun Ban
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A majority of the Supreme Court indicated a readiness yesterday to settle decades of constitutional debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment by declaring that it provides an individual right to own a gun for self-defense.
Such a finding could doom the District of Columbia's ban on private handgun possession, the country's toughest gun-control law, and significantly change the tone and direction of the nation's political battles over gun control.
Read About It: WashingtonPost.com
POSTED: 3/18/2008
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