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Gun Lobby 'Livid' as Bush Lawyers Hesitate to Trash US Gun Control Laws
21 January 2008
Baltimore Sun, Blog
A shooting war of sorts has broken out between gun rights advocates and the Bush administration in the D.C. gun-ban case currently before the Supreme Court. Although both support the notion that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to bear arms, the Justice Department isn't going as far as the pro-gun forces would like in embracing that view.
The case before the court involves Washington's ban on handgun ownership, among the strictest in the nation. A... (GunPolicy.org)