2008-02-27

lurkerwithout: (Mal with gun)
2008-02-27 07:36 am
Entry tags:

Lawyers, Guns & Money?

So flipping through todays USA Today that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal dealing with gun control on 3/18.  Which has to be of interest to the various gun-toting Lib. types on my friends list...

Most relevant bits of info seem to be:
2001 - AG Ashcroft declares the 2nd Amendment protects individual's right to bear arms.

2007 - Federal court strikes down a Washington, D.C. ban on handguns and declares that  the 2nd Amendment "protects an individual right to keep and bear arms...for such activies as hunting and self-defense."

3/18/2008 - Supreme Court is scheduled to hear D.C. officials appeal of the federal court ruling...