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Important New Legal Victories for Second Amendment Rights

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, July 26 2018

We're only halfway through summer, but it has proven a particularly fruitful one for supporters of the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms. Most saliently, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who interprets the seminal 2008 Heller v. D.C. decision to forbid laws outlawing so-called "assault weapons," to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, in recent weeks, several types of firearms restrictions have fallen in courts across America. This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — which has consistently earned ridicule…

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