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Flood of Gun-Rights Suits Seen
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"Monday's high-court decision expanding gun rights will likely trigger a flood of litigation in states and cities with restrictive laws, so it could take years before the practical impact of the ruling is clear." ...
"Gun-rights groups are preparing to file suits in states with restrictive laws ... while groups favoring gun control said they were confident most rules would pass constitutional muster." ...
"Alan M. Gottlieb, founder of the [SAF], ... said the group filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court challenging a North Carolina statute that bars possession of firearms off of one's property in areas where there is a declared state of emergency.
"'We wouldn't have been able to challenge' the law 'without this decision,' Mr. Gottlieb said. 'We had this ready to go.'" ... |
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Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. — Noah Webster in "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," 1787, in Paul Ford, ed., Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, at p. 56 (New York, 1888). |
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