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Old 08-19-2008, 05:10 AM   #1
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Man at Center of Washington, DC Supreme Court Case Gets Gun Permit

WASHINGTON -- A 66-year-old security guard whose lawsuit overturned the District's handgun ban is now officially authorized to keep a revolver in his Capitol Hill home. Dick A. Heller, a security guard whose lawsuit resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling favoring gun-ownership rights, was given his handgun registration certificate at D.C. police headquarters this morning. He applied... [Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org ]

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Old 08-19-2008, 07:13 AM   #2
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need to take them back to court to challenge the 12 round bottom loading pistol = machine gun BS
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No kidding. It was a victory for us but it seems to be a mostly hollow one. Yeah they can own handguns but for the most part nothing that would be considered "in common use" such as Glocks, XDs, Sigs, ect, ect, ect.

Revolvers are still in somewhat common use but not like they used to be.
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