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Statement of Violence Policy Center on Supreme Court Ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller Overturning DC Handgun Ban
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June 26, 2008
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Mandy Wimmer of Violence Policy Center, +1-202-822-8200
x110, +1-202-258-0419 (cell), mwimmer@vpc.org
Supreme Court Ruling Overturning DC Handgun Ban Should Allow Ban
on Semiautomatic Handguns to Stand
WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following todays 5-
4 Supreme Court opinion authored by 2007 Sport Shooting Ambassador
Award winner Antonin Scalia (see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-
sugarmann/sport-shooting-ambassador_b_109367.htmlfor more info)
overturning Washington, DCs handgun ban, but apparently allowing for
the retention of the laws ban on most semiautomatic weapons,
including semiautomatic handguns (see background information after ...
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