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• Should handguns be banned in Washington DC?

Supporting Evidence

• “In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument [1]"

• Prof Volokh, Eugene, “Sources on the Second Amendment and rights to keep and bear arms in state constitutions, UCLA Law School "In Miller we determined that the Second Amendment did not guarantee a citizen’s right to possess a sawed-off shotgun because the weapon had not been shown to be ordinary military equipment that could contribute to the common defense. The Court did not, however attempt to define, or otherwise construe the substantive right protected by the Second amendment.”