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Claim Text: Yet it was not until the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the U.S. Supreme Court got around to recognizing what many legal scholars had been saying all along: Namely, that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, not a collective right, nor a state's right.
Simplified Text: The Supreme Court recognized the individual right to bear arms in the 2008 Heller case.
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Created: December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM (8 months ago)
Last Updated: December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM (8 months ago)

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