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DC Still Defying Court on Guns

City rewords provisions to bog down ownership, though challenges look certain

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2008 2:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – The District of Columbia is defying the Supreme Court with efforts to preserve the handgun ban deemed unconstitutional last month, Jacob Sullum writes in Reason. A new law changes the wording of the controversial “disassemble and trigger-lock” provision, meaning owners won’t be allowed... Read full story »

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