Re: US Supreme Court ponders gun law

2007-11-21 Thread Joe Waldron
> > BTW, is the caption under the photo of the Browning pistol accurate? > "Handguns are used in most US assaults and robberies" > Not remotely. "Personal weapons" (hands and feet) come in #1 by far. They fail to differentiate "armed assaults" and "armed robberies" from the generic breed. An

US Supreme Court ponders gun law

2007-11-20 Thread Charles Curley
US Supreme Court ponders gun law The US Supreme Court is to consider an American's right to bear arms for the first time in nearly 70 years. It has agreed to rule on whether a ban on handguns by the city of Washington, DC complies with the Second Amendment of t