Ruling reflects America's ambivalence on guns

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Author(s)	USA Today editorial board
Source	USA Today
Date	June 27, 2008
URL	http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/our-view-on-t-2.html
Quote	"Fortunately, the 5-4 decision to strike down the District of Columbia's tough ban on handgun possession didn't go as far as gun-control advocates had feared or the gun lobby had hoped. The justices agreed that a right to individual ownership doesn't mean that anyone can own any weapon. That leaves in place reasonable restrictions or outright bans on firearms such as machine guns and sawed-off shotguns, and exotic weapons such as surface-to-air missiles."

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This item argues for the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic District of Columbia v. Heller.