Lock and Load

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Author(s)	The New York Times editorial board
Source	The New York Times
Date	June 27, 2008
URL	http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27fri1.html
Quote	"Even if there were a constitutional right to possess guns for nonmilitary uses, constitutional rights are not absolute. The First Amendment guarantees free speech, but that does not mean that laws cannot prohibit some spoken words, like threats to commit imminent violent acts. In his dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer argued soundly that whatever right gun owners have to unimpeded gun use is outweighed by the District of Columbia’s “compelling” public-safety interests."

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This item argues against the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic District of Columbia v. Heller.