Pivotal Ruling Upholds Second Amendment Rights and Overturns DC Gun Ban

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REP. BROWN-WAITE STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT UPHOLDING INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
Pivotal Ruling Upholds Second Amendment Rights and Overturns DC Gun Ban

U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the Washington, D.C. ban on handguns and upholding an individual right to keep and bear arms.

"Today's decision by the Supreme Court is an historic victory for America," said Rep. Brown-Waite. "Our founders knew that there were certain fundamental inalienable rights, including the right to keep and bear firearms, and pointedly wrote that into the Second Amendment to our Constitution. Washington, D.C. does not have the right to unilaterally dismiss the Constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans, and today's decision affirmed that view. As someone who has fought for Second Amendment rights in Congress, and who holds a concealed carry permit back home in Florida, I can't tell you how happy I am that the Supreme Court has adhered to the intent of our founding fathers and upheld the right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms."

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