Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 3, 2008
Supreme Court Should Have Deferred to D.C.'s Legislature
We should be shocked by the Supreme Court's willingness to distort the text and history of the Second Amendment to ignore the considered judgment of the District's local legislature, writes Linda Singer - Forum Column
By Linda Singer
This article appears on Page 6
There are few surprised by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the District's 30-year-old ban on handguns and its holding that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to bear arms. But we should be shocked by the majority's willingness to distort the text and history of the Second Amendment to ignore the considered judgment of the District's loca...
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