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Bush administration weighs in on second amendment.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
In March 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals found by a 2-1 vote that the District of Columbia's ban on handguns in homes is unconstitutional after correctly interpreting the Second Amendment as conveying an individual right to firearms ownership. It was a short-lived victory--the decision was appealed and the case is now before the Supreme Court.
On January 11, the Bush administration weighed in with its opinion in a brief filed by Solicitor General Paul D. Clement. According to the administration, the lower court finding "could be read to hold that the Second Amendment categorically precludes any ban on a category of 'Arms' that can be traced back to the Founding era." On that basis, it continued, if that same view were adopted by the Supreme Court, "such an analysis could cast doubt on the constitutionality of existing federal legislation prohibiting the possession of certain ...
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