WASHINGTON — The Constitution's "right to keep and bear arms" applies nationwide as a restraint on the ability of government to limit its application, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The justices cast doubt on a Chicago-area handgun ban that has been in place since 1982, but also signaled in their 5-4 decision that less severe restrictions could survive legal challenges.
The ruling on gun rights and three other remaining cases came in its last meeting until the fall and the final day of Justice John Paul Stevens' long service.
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8 comments:
woo hoo
take that ya liberals!
now if we can just get a ruling to loosing handgun restrictions and make it easier to get carry permits in states like md
John D Robinson= Maryland Case Search Keep Guns Away From This Creep
The process of getting the legal papers to carry a hand gun is pretty simple. The reason to carry is the difficult thing.
11:18 self defense !
The headline is wrong!
It should say:
Supreme Court restores inalienable rights of citizens
Government should never punish all gun owners in their purview, because a few gun owners are bad citizens and criminals. These gun bans do exactly that. It is arbitrary, capricious and ultimately, unconstitutional.
Ron Brawl,
You da Man!!!!!
3 Cheers for the 2nd Ammendment!!
Thanks NRA for your utmost support of our gun rights!
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