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Volume 359:989-991 September 4, 2008 Number 10 Next

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This past June, in a 5-to-4 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court struck down a ban on handgun ownership in the nation's capital and ruled that the District's law requiring all firearms in the home to be locked violated the Second Amendment. But the Supreme Court's finding of a Second Amendment right to have a handgun in the home does not mean that it is a wise decision to own a gun or to keep it easily accessible. Deciding whether to own a gun entails balancing potential benefits and risks. One of the risks for which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Miller is the associate director and Dr. Hemenway the director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

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