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Jun. 26, 2009
'Heller's' Wake
A year has gone by since The Supreme Court's Heller decision, which has wreaked havoc on the courts and done nothing to curb gun violence, writes Juliet A. Leftwich.
FORUM COLUMN
By Juliet A. Leftwich The National Rifle Association was thrilled when, one year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court held for the first time that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to possess firearms unrelated to service in a well-regulated state militia. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008), the court struck down D.C.'s decades-old handgun possession ban, finding, in a 5-4 decision, that the "right of self-de...
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