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High court strikes down gun ban

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CNN News: High court strikes down gun ban

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington D.C.'s sweeping ban on handguns is unconstitutional.

The justices voted 5-4 against the ban with Justice Antonin Scalia writing the opinion for the majority.

At issue in District of Columbia v. Heller was whether the city's ban violated the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" by preventing individuals — as opposed to state militias — from having guns in their homes.

District of Columbia officials argued they had the responsibility to impose "reasonable" weapons restrictions to reduce violent crime, but several Washingtonians challenged the 32-year-old law. Some said they had been constant victims of crimes and needed guns for protection. …

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3 responses to “High court strikes down gun ban”

  1. John Lunt Avatar
    John Lunt

    I keep being amazed at this debate.
    1. The national guard doesn’t fit the criteria of a militia in the constitution. The concern was a tyrannical central government (ie The Crown). How can states respond if they have no standing army and they can’t raise one (no one has guns). The National guard can be called up by the Federal government , therefore, they provide no protection for the states.
    2. The only way a state could call up a militia, would be to have average citizens with the ability to have arms.
    It’s a way to help make sure that the citizens are not put under the thumb of a tyrannical regime by having a way to fight back.
    When this was drafted, the framers remember the war with Britain, and made sure there were safeguards for the future.

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  2. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Without debating the merits of gun control, I don’t see how you can implement DC type policies without amending the Constitution. Apprently the court didn’t either. 🙂

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  3. VanSkaamper Avatar
    VanSkaamper

    I think that Chicago is going to have the same problem.

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