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U.S. Supreme Court Leans To Gun Self Defense in Homes

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, March 19, 2008. "Yesterday's Supreme Court argument on the meaning of the Second Amendment sent out one quite clear signal, writes Lyle Denniston in ScotusBlog: "individuals may well wind up with a genuine right to have a gun for self-defense in their home." What was not clear was what kind of gun that would entail and what kind of limitations government could put on access or use of a weapon. In an argument that ran 23 minutes beyond the allotted time, Justi read more

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).