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DC v. Heller (2008)

US Supreme Court decision (554 US 570) holding that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defence in the home. Struck down DC's handgun ban. The right is not unlimited: it is consistent with prohibitions on felon and mentally ill possession, sensitive-place restrictions, and commercial sale conditions.

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Arms Trade Treaty 2013 (ATT)Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 1993eTrace (ATF)Firearms Act 1968 (UK)Gun Control Act 1968 (GCA)INTERPOL iARMSNational Firearms Act 1934 (NFA)R v. Bentham (2005)UN Programme of Action (UN POA 2001)

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