Legal Issues In the News

DC Gun control and the Supreme Court

 

The United States Supreme Court decided late last week that Washington, D.C.'s gun control law was an unconstitutional restriction on the right to bear arms. But even though the Court's decision has been called "landmark ," it's not the first time a court has faced the issue.

Commentator Amy Gajda takes us back to 1822 in this week's edition of Legal Issues in the News.