Kay Barnes released the following statement on the Supreme Court overturning the DC Gun ban:
"I agree with the Supreme Court's interpretation that an absolute prohibition against gun ownership violates the Second Amendment right for citizens to bear arms. I will continue to support laws that take guns out of the hands of criminals."
In striking down the District of Columbia's handgun ban, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Constitution protects an individual's right to own a gun, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history. The decision upheld a federal appeals court ruling that DC's gun law, one of the strictest in the country, went beyond Constitutional limits. Not only did the 1976 law make it practically impossible for an individual to legally possess a handgun in the District, but it spelled out rules for the storage of rifles and shotguns.
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