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Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Individual Right To Bear Arms

By Scott Riddle on June 26, 2008

This is post is obviously way off-topic, but the United States Supreme Court held, for the first time, that the Second Amendment includes an individual’s right to bear arms, at least to some extent.  Although most people believe the right was already there, it really was not according to many lower court cases over the years because of the reference to the militia:  A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The Supreme Court finally answered the question, in a 5-4 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.  Read the analysis at the Supreme Court Blog.

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