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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 December 2007 12:26 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 19 December 2007 12:26
RICHMOND — Virginia will join other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to own firearms, Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Tuesday.
McDonnell said Virginia will join a multistate brief to be filed in a case challenging the District of Columbia’s ban on personal handgun ownership. The case of District of Columbia v. Heller, to be decided next year, will determine whether the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is an individual or collective right. The outcome could have far-reaching effects on gun control laws in the country.