Gun Rights Case Could Turn On Civil War-Era Laws
October 2, 2009
CBS News
10/1/2009
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it plans to hear the next major gun rights case, a move that will decide whether the Second Amendment can invalidate state laws and municipal ordinances.
A 5-4 Supreme Court decision last year did say that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual right to own a handgun. But the majority opinion never concluded that the Second Amendment applied to states; it didn’t say what kind of laws beyond a flat ban are acceptable or unacceptable; it didn’t even say what kind of standards lower courts should apply when evaluating anti-gun laws.
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