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Court Refuses To Reconsider D.C. Gun Ban Ruling

posted 6:30 pm Tue May 08, 2007 - Washington

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A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a ruling that struck down D.C.'s long-standing handgun control law. The decision by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit comes nearly two months after a three-judge panel rejected the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to state militias.

The judges ruled that the city can't prevent people from keeping handguns in their homes or require that that registered firearms be kept unloaded and disassembled.

The decision sets up a potential Second Amendment showdown in the Supreme Court. The city has 90 days to file a petition for review. An attorney for the six plaintiffs says arguments could come as son as this winter if the high court agrees to hear the case.

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