Article: SEN. LEAHY ISSUES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following statement:

Reaction Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Supreme Court Decision In District of Columbia v. Heller

"In its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court has recognized the personal right to bear arms, guaranteed in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, and expressly held for the first time that our Bill of Rights includes this right among its guarantees of individual liberty and freedom. That is a good thing. This opinion should usher in a new era in which the constitutionality of government regulations of firearms ...

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