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Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
WASHINGTON - Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh.
Nations:U.S. People:Gavin Newsom Source:(AP)
2008-07-19
DC to vote on new gun laws after court ruling
WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council plans to vote on new gun legislation Tuesday as officials scramble to comply with last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the city's 32-year-old ban.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-15
Doctors worried by Supreme Court gun ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's Supreme Court ruling striking down a strict gun control law in the U.S. capital will lead to more deaths and accidental injuries, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine said on Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain George W. Bush Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-09
Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides
ATLANTA - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
High court affirms gun rights in historic decision
WASHINGTON - Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.
Nations:U.S. People:Samuel Alito Barack Obama Dick Cheney
2008-06-26
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