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TALLAHASSEE, FL -- In response to today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in MacDonald v. City of Chicago, Attorney General Bill McCollum issued the following statement:

“Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Constitution and supported freedom and liberty. The MacDonald v. City of Chicago ruling, which sides with the amicus brief I filed with 37 states some months ago, guarantees that the 2nd Amendment is treated as a fundamental right for Americans just as other rights enumerated by the U.S. Constitution. Accordingly, gun owners will have their right to bear arms protected not only against the federal government but also against any state or local government actions attempting to deprive Americans of this guarantee.”

On March 2, 2010, Attorney General McCollum urged the U.S. Supreme Court to extend the Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller to also apply to states (see op-ed here:
http://bit.ly/dgJESo).