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In Wake of `Heller,` 3rd Circuit OKs Ban on Unnumbered Guns

In an important Second Amendment decision that charts a course for evaluating the validity of gun laws now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the right to be an individual one, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to strike down a federal law that bans possession of guns with obliterated serial numbers.

Read About It: Law.com

Posted: 7/30/2010 10:08:32 AM

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