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Posted June 26, 2008
From Rob Charny, Webmaster PITA -
webmaster@shootpita.com
WASHINGTON DC - The
United States Supreme Court
ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns
for
self-defense
and hunting, the justices' first major decree on gun
rights in U.S. history.
The landmark 5-4 ruling marked the first time in nearly
70 years the high court has addressed whether the
Second Amendment
protects an individual right to keep and bear arms,
rather than a right tied to service in a
state militia.
Writing the court's majority opinion,
Justice Antonin Scalia
said the Second Amendment protected an individual right
to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a
militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful
purposes, such as
self-defense
within the home.
Although an individual now has a
constitutional right
to own guns, that new right is not unlimited, wrote
Scalia, a hunter.
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