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: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term LibraryU.S. Supreme Court Justices Reject District of Columbia Ban on Handgun Ownership
By David Badertscher, PLL
Source: WashingtonPost.com, June 27, 2008.
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Justices Reject D.C. Ban On Handgun Ownership
"The Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession yesterday and decided for the first time in the nation's history that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a gun for self-defense".
(By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
See decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290
Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).
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