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Article: Supreme Court considers gun ban, decision could affect Illinois town
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- March 28, 2008
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Patrick Yeagle
University Wire
03-28-2008
(Northern Star) (UWIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- A high-profile case currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court could have an effect on DeKalb, Ill., law.
In the current case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court is considering whether a gun ban in Washington, D.C., is an infringement on the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The interpretation of the Second Amendment has long been a source of intense political, sociological and cultural debate.
The suit was filed by Dick Anthony Heller, a security guard in Washington, D.C., against the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, which heavily restricts gun ownership in the District of ...