Supreme Court: Handgun ban unconstitutional

archangel · Post by **archangel** » June 26th, 2008, 1:52 pm

WASHINGTON - Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.

The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns and imperiled similar prohibitions in other cities, Chicago and San Francisco among them. Federal gun restrictions, however, were expected to remain largely intact.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_ ... cotus_guns

June 26, 2008-When it all turned around? I will certainly remember the day.

CloakAndDagger · Post by **CloakAndDagger** » June 26th, 2008, 2:13 pm

You've been beaten to the punch (although I think this fits The News Dump better than News, Politics, and Policy):

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Silverback · Post by **Silverback** » June 27th, 2008, 5:47 am

CloakAndDagger wrote:You've been beaten to the punch (although I think this fits The News Dump better than News, Politics, and Policy):

viewtopic.php?t=42432

When something is worthy of being displayed on the main page of the site it is moved to News, Politics, and Policy.