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    (snip)" WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia's long- standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias.

    In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities protected by the Second Amendment "are not limited to militia service, nor is an individual's enjoyment of the right contingent" on enrollment in a militia.

    The ban on owning handguns went into effect in 1976.

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit also threw out the district's requirement that registered firearms be kept unloaded, disassembled and under trigger lock.

    In 2004, a lower-court judge told six city residents that they did not have a constitutional right to own handguns. The plaintiffs include residents of high-crime neighborhoods who wanted the guns for protection.

    "The district's definition of the militia is just too narrow," Judge Laurence Silberman wrote for the majority Friday. "There are too many instances of 'bear arms' indicating private use to conclude that the drafters intended only a military sense."

    Judge Karen Henderson dissented, writing that the Second Amendment does not apply to the District of Columbia because it is not a state."(snip)

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    Default Re: maybe all of Americans' rights aren't going to be trampled after all ...

    YES!

    YES!

    YES!

    YES!

    YES!

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    Default Re: maybe all of Americans' rights aren't going to be trampled after all ...

    Three Amendments that are part of the original Bill of Rights have historically been trampled on The 9th; The 10th and most of all the 2nd. It was the SECOND one showing how important the founders thought private gun ownership was !
    It says the "right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed. " Worse yet, the first part has been consistently misinterpreted- " A well regulated MILITIA being necessary for the common defense". Defense against whom ? Well according to the Founders writing at the time it meant defense against hostile Indians, foreign invaders AND a government that had turned tyrannical and against which the people had a need to defend themselves ! In other words, the Founders felt that private gun ownership was essential for maintaining Liberty.
    It was the same Roosevelt Era Supreme Court that stretched the Commerce Clause to find many of FDR's programs constitutional that also approved state and Federal impingements on firearms starting with upholding a Federal ban on privately owned machine guns. And we've been sliding down the slippery slope ever since.

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