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Justices extend gun owner rights
nationwide
Colleagues,
The US Supreme Court today ruled in a 5-4 decision that the
second amendment applies to the states. In 2008, the court had
ruled that the second amendment applied to individual gun
ownership in the Heller case. But that case only applied to
federal statutes. NCISS filed an amicus curiae brief in the 2008
case in support of the view that individuals had a right to bear
arms. The significance of this decision is that it applies to
the much more significant regulation of weapons that occurs at
the state and local level. A link to the wire story on the
decision is listed below.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_guns
Jimmie Mesis
NCISS Legislative Chairman
NCISS
7501 Sparrows
Point Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21219-1927
(800) 445-8408 . Fax:
(410) 388-9746
Email:
jim@nciss.org
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