Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in oneās home. The Court, splitting 5-4, struck down a District of Columbia ban on handgun possession.Justice Antonin Scaliaās opinion for the majority stressed that the Court was not casting doubt on long-standing bans on gun possession by felons or the mentally retarded, or laws barring guns from schools or government buildings, or laws putting conditions on gun sales.
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Supreme Court Says Individuals Have Right to Own Guns, Strikes Down D.C. Handgun Gan
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