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/ Wrote: Aug 11, 2010 11:51 PM
Gun ownership is a Constitutional right (Cf., District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783; incorporated to the states in McDonald v. Chicago. The latter case held that states cannot ban the right to ban guns. They can put "reasonable" restrictions on arms. A couple come to mind: Felons cannot own guns and a state cannot place such prohibitive regulations on gun ownership that they become a de facto ban.
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