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SCOTUS REVISITS GUN CONTROL

case , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban was invalid because it violated the constitutional right to armed self-defense. Two years later, in , the Court said states also are obligated to respect that right. Because both and addressed laws banning handguns within the home, the Court left unresolved how the right to keep and bear arms applies in public.

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