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Gun Groups To Appeal Decision To Toss Ga. Lawsuit: AP reports that gun rights groups are appealing a ruling that dismissed a lawsuit seeking the right to carry guns in parts of the world's busiest airport. U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob tossed the lawsuit Friday, ruling that there was no evidence indicating that Georgia's new right to carry law would allow weapons into unsecured areas of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. State Rep. Tim Bearden, a Republican who co-sponsored the gun law, hopes to win on appeal. Supreme Court Opens New Term: L.A. Times Staff Writer, David G. Savage, reports that the new term will feature cases on whether the government can forbid foul language on television, whether drug makers can be sued by injured patients, and whether environmentalists can protect whales off California from the Navy's sonar...continue to full post

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