Monday's ruling said that right applies also to state and local gun control laws.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Gun activists are hoping to use that five to four ruling by the Supreme Court to challenge local and state gun control laws around the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Two states banned them outright. Those laws were rendered invalid for married women by a 1965 Supreme Court decision and the ruling was expanded in 1972 to cover all women.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12