The real winner in the Supreme Court’s gun-rights decision

The justices say every individual has the right to bear arms. Now what?

What happened

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, issued a landmark ruling that the Second Amendment gives an individual, rather than just a collective, the right to gun ownership. The ruling strikes down a 32-year-old ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., and throws into question other gun control laws. (Los Angeles Times)

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