This is an up-date on a post from 2/8/09 about the US Supreme Court case of D.C. v. Heller. This was 5 to 4 decision stating that the "Constitution protects an individual, non-militia based right to bear arms for personal purposes". All the judges added that "reasonable restrictions are still legal"; like carrying concealed weapons and guns in schools. There are two other like items to note here. First, the Gun Industry Legal Protection Law that was passed by Congress in 2004 is an attempt to shield the gun industry from lawsuits for the violence and crime the weapons they sell cause. This law is presently being challenged. Second, the Assault Weapons Ban was allowed to "lapse" at the time the GILPL was passed. This info comes from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and they do represent only one side of this issue. However, I believe this information presented here would not be in dispute.
(Source: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Newsletter. Paul Helmke-President of the Brady Center wrote the un-dated newsletter).
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