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States Must Honor Gun Rights, U.S. High Court Says

Breaking: Supreme Court says Second Amendment applies against states too

A divided U.S. Supreme Court extended the reach of the constitutional right to bear arms by saying it binds state and local governments as well as federal officials.

The justices, voting 5-4 in a ruling that is likely to invalidate Chicago’s handgun ban, said an individual right to bear arms was among the fundamental guarantees protected against state interference through a constitutional amendment after the Civil War.


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