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March 19, 2008
Supreme Court Debates 2nd Amendment
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080318/D8VG2PR00.html
"Americans have a right to own guns, Supreme Court justices declared Tuesday in a historic and lively debate that could lead to the most significant interpretation of the Second Amendment since its ratification two centuries ago.
Governments have a right to regulate those firearms, a majority of justices seemed to agree. But there was less apparent agreement on the case they were arguing: whether Washington's ban on handguns goes too far."
The affirmation that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right, as opposed to a collective right is a good start, but if they rule that the government has the right to restrict the 2nd Amendment and they allow the D.C. ban on handguns to stand, then the 2nd Amendment will be meaningless. In the final analysis, SCOTUS has to rule that the D.C. ban is an unconstitutional intrusion on the individual's right to bear arms.
Posted by Rob Kiser on March 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM
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