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Washington Will Fight 2nd Amendment Gun Ban Case in US Supreme Court
17 July 2007
New York Times
The District of Columbia will ask the United States Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a decision in March that struck down parts of its gun control law, the district's mayor, Adrian M. Fenty, announced yesterday.
The decision in March, from a divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals , was the first in the nation's history to hold a gun control law unconstitutional on the ground that the Second Amendment's guarantee of a right to bear arms... (GunPolicy.org)