Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 11, 2007
A Right, Not a Privilege
Forum Column - By Donald Kilmer - The Supreme Court's upcoming case on Washington, D.C.'s gun ban isn't a matter of public policy; it's a matter of inviolable rights.
By Donald Kilmer
The city of Washington, D.C., is appealing a decision by a federal court of appeals that struck down some of the District of Columbia's more onerous gun control laws on Second Amendment grounds. On Nov. 20, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. 2007 DJDAR 17380.
In 1975, the District of Columbia pass...
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