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If you're an American gun owner, then June 26, 2008 was a very good day indeed for you. There can be little doubt that the case of the District of Columbia v. Dick Heller is, and will remain for some time, the most important SCOTUS ruling on the subject of gun rights in American history. "Gun control" advocates had long argued that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was a state right and not an individual one, but in this landmark legal case, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use. Let's say that again, just because it sounds so good: The RIGHT belongs to the INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN and NOT to the government! For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court of United States directly addressed whether the right to keep and bear arms is a right of individuals or a collective right that applies only to state-regulated militias. To the utter shock, awe, horror, dismay and (God only knows how many) other reactions of gun-grabbers across the nation, the Court found in favor of the side of true rights and true liberty — the side of the individual. (Click here to find out more)

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1857 — The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. 1888 — Noted firearms expert and author Julian Hatcher was born in Hayfield, Virginia. He is credited with several technical books and articles relating to military firearms, ballistics, and autoloading weapons. 1917 — The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I. 1990 — Canadian Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduces gun control legislation banning "automatic assault weapons;" with a 5 year jail term to anyone convicted of converting a gun to full auto. 2004 — Two days before a federal election, Canadian Liberal PM Paul Martin dropped all fees for transferring firearms. Canadian gun owners weren't fooled and, sure enough, 18 months later, the Liberals would start promising a handgun ban. 2008 — The US Supreme Court, in the case of DC v. Heller, struck down the 30 year-old Washington D.C. gun ban and held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use.

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  2008: Dick Heller outside the U.S. Supreme Court

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