US Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Americans have a constitutional right to own assault rifles, taking up a major Second Amendment case with far-reaching implications for gun laws nationwide.
The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Americans have a constitutional right to own so-called assault rifles, the popular weapons repeatedly used in mass killings.
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