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D.C. Gun Control Case and The State AG’s

Last Updated on Friday, 29 February 2008 11:48 Written by rslcpol Friday, 29 February 2008 11:48

A gun-control case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court March 18 has exposed a division among state attorneys general over the meaning of the Second Amendment, the fiercely debated constitutional provision that guarantees Americans the right to “keep and bear arms.”

Attorneys general from 31 states have filed a legal brief urging the high court to strike down the law being challenged in the case, the District of Columbia’s strict, 32-year-old ban on handguns. Led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), the group backs a security guard who wants the district’s statute to be ruled unconstitutional.

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