Court Overturns D.C. Gun Ban

By Alison McSherry
Roll Call Staff
June 26, 2008, 2:17 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that individuals have a right to own a handgun and use it for personal defense in their home, overturning a law prohibiting private citizens from possessing handguns in the District of Columbia.



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