By Jim MaloneRead complete report: http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-26-voa58.cfm
Washington
26 June 2008
For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it struck down a 32-year-old ban on handguns in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
Writing for the five-member court majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does protect the rights of individuals to own firearms for personal use.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of US Citizens
Hurray the good guys have won a great battle! This will go down as great victory for law biding citizens and a wake up call for the criminal element!
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So it's now unconstitutional to prevent a convicted felon from owning a firearm? This might come back to bite us...
OJ
I read the decision and can find nothing that changes the fact that convicted felons can not own or posses fire arms. Federal registration is unaffected. They simply stated that federal, state, county or cities can not prevent the legal purchase and ownership of fire arms. Key word being legal.
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