Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Lesson From DC

"A year and half after the District of Columbia was granted home rule (the ability for the city to govern its own affairs, apart from Congress), it made a bold move. The city outlawed handguns.

"It was 1976, and while the legislation would prove to do little to curb gun violence in the city, it was a bold test of the reach of the Second Amendment, which was not as thoroughly adjudicated as it is now."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/how-to-make-sense-of-america-s-wildly-different-confusing-patchwork-of-gun-control-laws-20121217?mrefid=skybox

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