Washington, DC, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier (L), Washington, DC, Councilman David Catania (2R) and Washington, DC, Mayor Adrian Fenty(R) listen as Washington, DC, Attorney General Peter Nickles (2L) speaks to reporters 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