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"taxation without representation" license plates
On March 9, 2007, a [[U.S. Court of Appeals]] struck down Washington, D.C.'s ban on private [[handgun]] possession as an infringement on the [[Second Amendment]], which guarantees the right of individual citizens to keep and bear firearms. The sole dissenting judge dissented because she held that the District of Columbia is not a [[state]] and therefore the Second Amendment does not apply within the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban was one of the most restrictive [[gun control]] laws in the nation. <ref>http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-03-09T223851Z_01_N09246717_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-GUNS-RULING.xml&src=rss</ref>
On March 9, 2007, a [[U.S. Court of Appeals]] struck down Washington, D.C.'s ban on private [[handgun]] possession as an infringement on the [[Second Amendment]], which guarantees the right of individual citizens to keep and bear firearms. The sole dissenting judge dissented because she held that the District of Columbia is not a [[state]] and therefore the Second Amendment does not apply within the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban was one of the most restrictive [[gun control]] laws in the nation. <ref>http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-03-09T223851Z_01_N09246717_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-GUNS-RULING.xml&src=rss</ref>
License plates in Washington, D.C. read "taxation without representation", referring to the fact that citizens of the District pay federal income taxes but do not have voting representation in either the [[Senate]] or [[House of Representation]]. <ref>http://dmv.dc.gov/serv/plates/tax.shtm</ref>
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