Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates May 2008 No. 5 Vol. 11
The Second Amendment

The Second Amendment

Gun Control and the Right to "Bear Arms"

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(Excerpted from Supreme Court Debates, May 2008)
In 1976, the District of Columbia City Council passed one of the Nation’s toughest gun control laws, which included a ban on all handguns except for those previously registered in the city or in the possession of active or retired law enforcement personnel.
Although the effectiveness of the law has been called into question — violent crime rates in the District have fluctuated and remain high, and legal handguns have been readily available in nearby States such as Virginia — the ban remained in effect for decades without legal challenge and with l…

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Is the District of Columbia’s Ban on Handguns Constitutional?

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