Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns


	Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns

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6-26-2008 12:28 PM

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                        WASHINGTON - The <SPAN id="lw_1214497220_0" class="yshortcuts">Supreme Court</SPAN> ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for <SPAN id="lw_1214497220_1" class="yshortcuts">self-defense</SPAN> in their homes, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/C3FB5BD8-72D7-4E76-A7EF-6C720D11EA2A" alt="A Glock 9mm pistol (front) and a Magnum 357 revolver. The US Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital city in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns"><P>The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the <SPAN id="lw_1214497220_2" class="yshortcuts">Second Amendment</SPAN>. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms restrictions intact.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4F8DED0B-843E-4D0A-A979-DD7445626630/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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