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DC Circuit overturns gun ban

The DC Circuit has voted 2-1 to overrule a ban on handguns within the District that has been in place since 1976. The dissenting judge seemed to think that because DC isn't a state that the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply, but that would seem to indicate that the 1st Amendment wouldn't apply either, so that can't be right. In essence, the Circuit recognized that the right to own a handgun is protected by the Constitution and may not be infringed upon by statute.

If you don't like this ruling, then amend the Constitution. There's a process for that. But arguing that the Constitution does not guarantee the right for individual citizens to possess weapons won't hold water.