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• Should handguns be banned in Washington DC?

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• NELSON LUND, "D.C.'s Handgun Ban and the Constitutional Right to Arms: One Hard Question?", George Mason University School of Law, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-36 "Even more important, perhaps, a large gap has developed between civilian and military small arms. Whereas eighteenth century civilians commonly owned the very same weapons that they would need if called into military service, today’s infantry is armed with an array of highly lethal weaponry that civilians do not need for self defense or other important and lawful purposes. The Supreme Court is not likely to blind itself to that reality, or to decide that the civilian population has a right to keep every weapon that the militia can expect to find useful if called to active duty."