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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Gun control measures struck down in two states

AP

Federal courts in Maryland and Oregon struck down two gun control laws this week as the impact of a Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded the rights of gun owners continues to spread.

A three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled against a ten-year-old law in Maryland which required people to acquire a license to purchase a handgun.

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