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Supreme Court strikes Washington's ban on handgun
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.'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.
The court's 5-4 decision split along ideological grounds and wiped away years of lower court decisions that had held the intent of the amendment was...
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