Washington, DC, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier (R) and Washington, DC, Attorney General Peter Nickles (L) listen to reporters during a press conference on June 26, 2008 in Washington, DC, following the US Supreme Court ruling that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the US capital, its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years. The court's 5-4 landmark decision -- on whether the right to keep and bear arms is an individual or collective right -- said the city's law violated the second amendment of the US constitution which the justices said guaranteed citizens the right to keep guns at home for self-defense. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards