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"Court Weighs Right to Guns, and Its Limits"

"Court Weighs Right to Guns, and Its Limits": Linda Greenhouse has this front page article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that "Supreme Court appears to favor individual gun rights; A majority signals that it thinks the 2nd Amendment is not limited to arms for 'a well-regulated militia.'"

Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe reports that "High Court hears 2d Amendment case; Justices asked to reverse D.C. handgun ban."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "U.S. Supreme Court judges question DC gun ban; At a court session Tuesday, majority judges seemed to support an individual's right to bear arms."

In The Chicago Tribune, James Oliphant reports that "High court signals gun sentiments; Some weigh in on 2nd Amendment."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "Supreme Court Hears Arguments in D.C. Gun Ban Case; Afterwards, gun-control advocates seemed less pessimistic than before the arguments, though they did not predict victory."

Emma Schwartz of U.S. News & World Reports has an article headlined "Justices Lean Toward Individual Right to Bear Arms; Supreme Court hears arguments in the landmark case on the District of Columbia's gun ban."

The Washington Times contains articles headlined "Court weighs right to own guns" and "Gun fanciers, foes get day in court."

Joseph Goldstein of The New York Sun reports that "9 Seem Set To Rule for Gun Rights; Case Could Make Legal History." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Heller at the High Bench."

The New York Daily News reports that "Supreme Court could lift 32-year handgun ban in the nation's capital."

The Albany (N.Y.) Times Union reports that "D.C. gun rights case is of supreme interest."

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that "Utahns watching Supreme Court gun case, but doubt it will affect them."

The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer Journal has an article headlined "MU grad witnesses high court gun talk" reporting on the first two members of the general public in line to gain admission to the oral argument.

The Harrisburg Patriot-News contains an article headlined "Would gun ban work in city?"

The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports that "Leading gun-control activist, ex-mayor 'amazed' by debate."

The Statesville (N.C.) Record & Landmark reports that "Residents discuss right to bear arms as case heads to Supreme Court."

The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that "Gun-control case starts to split U.S. court."

The Telegraph (UK) reports that "US gun law in Supreme Court's sights."

USA Today contains an editorial entitled "Preserve limits on guns: Case gives court chance to balance individual rights, public safety" along with an op-ed by Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson entitled "An unambiguous right: 2nd Amendment bars regulation of people's ability to bear arms."

And The Baltimore Sun contains an editorial entitled "The D.C. handgun ban."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).