The next step in the fight over gun control

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Washington, D.C.'s gun ban, Congress has to "stem the tide" of illegal gun trafficking, said a Sacramento Bee editorial. You're not paying attention, said Steve Chapman in the Chicago Tribune: Gun contro

What happened

Gun shops in towns around Washington, D.C., reported a rush of customers looking to buy handguns now that the Supreme Court has thrown out a local gun ban. The divided justices ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to keep a gun at home, but store owners said they were waiting for local officials to come up with new regulations on what kinds of guns would remain illegal, and how newly purchased firearms would have to be registered. (The Washington Post)

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