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Constitutional Law

May 10, 2002

Could Justice Be Shooting Blanks?

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has fired a dramatic salvo in the legal war over whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms, but the battle before the Supreme Court probably is far off in the future, and its outcome is in considerable doubt.

By David F. Pike
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has fired a dramatic salvo in the legal war over whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms, but the battle before the Supreme Court probably is far off in the future, and its outcome is in considerable doubt.
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