Friday, 09 March 2007
Court rules 2nd Amendment valid
Contributed by Bill Faith

Appeals Court Strikes Down Washington, D.C. Handgun Ban

WASHINGTON —  A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the District of Columbia's longstanding handgun ban, issuing a decision that will allow the city's citizens to have working firearms in their homes.

In the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected city officials' arguments that the Second Amendment right to bear arms only applied to state militias.

District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty told reporters Friday afternoon that the District will appeal the ruling.

In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities protected by the Second Amendment "are not limited to militia service, nor is an individual's enjoyment of the right contingent upon his or her continued intermittent enrollment in the militia."

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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 9, 2007 at 04:57 PM in 2nd Amendment, Judicial Wisdom | Permalink

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