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NRA Files Suit to Overturn Handgun Bans

· A day after the Supreme Court issued a landmark gun ruling striking D.C.’s handgun ban, the National Rifle Association filed suit in five jurisdictions to overturn their bans as well. One of the suits is against the City of San Francisco over its ban on handguns in public housing.

For most of the last century, the interpretation of the Second Amendment has been that the right to bear arms is a collective right, such as with military service; Thursday’s ruling says gun ownership is also an individual right.

The 5-4 ruling grows out of a Washington, D.C., case in which a security guard sued the district for prohibiting him from keeping his handgun at home. In the District of Columbia, it is a crime to carry an unregistered firearm, and the registration of handguns is prohibited.

The rules are so strict, they essentially regulate handguns out of existence. The regulations were intended to curb gun violence in the capital city.

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Constitution

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that individual Americans have the right to own guns for personal use, and struck down a strict gun control law in the U.S. capital.

The landmark 5-4 ruling marked the first time in nearly 70 years the country’s high court has addressed whether the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, rather than a right tied to service in a state militia.