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* From : danb@a.crl.com, (09 Jul 96 22:06)
* Subj : 9th Circuit upholds ban on kids with guns
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In a decision that probably surprised nobody, the 9th Circuit 
yesterday ruled that a child's possession of a handgun or handgun 
ammunition affects interstate commerce, so Congress can 
constitutionally ban such possession.
For reasons that remain unclear even after reading the opinion, the 
9th Circuit felt that minors possessing handguns affects interstate 
commerce more than people having guns on school campuses, so the US 
Supreme Court's decision in US v. Lopez, which struck down the 
federal Gun-Free School Zone Act, did not control.  Of course, the 
real reason is clear--they're the 9th Circuit, probably the most 
anti-gun, among the most liberal, and certainly the most-reversed 
Circuit in the nation.
The case is US v. Michael R., No. 95-10442.  It can be found at 96 
Daily Journal D.A.R. 8187.
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