Gun Policy News
Despite High Court's 'Misguided Ruling,' DC May Have Some Gun Options
27 June 2008
Washington Post, Editorial
It is deeply disappointing, though not surprising, that the Supreme Court yesterday struck down the District's gun laws after finding that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms.
Writing for the four justices in dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens offered a persuasive case that the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms only in relation to service in a state militia. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, concluded that... (GunPolicy.org)