Federal Court Upholds Bulk Of Gun-Control Laws Passed In Wake Of Newtown

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gun laws upheldA federal appeals court on Monday upheld the core of gun-control legislation passed in Connecticut and New York in the wake of the school massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

The ruling dealt a blow to the various gun groups that mounted a constitutional challenge under the Second Amendment against the laws, which prohibit possession of a number of semiautomatic "assault weapons" and large-capacity magazines.

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