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WASHINGTON 鈥?The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major gun-rights claim and decide whether the Second Amendment gives law-abiding individuals a right to carry a loaded handgun when they leave home, regardless of local restrictions.At issue are laws in California, New York and six other states that strictly limit concealed carry permits to those who can show they have a 8220 pecial need or good cause to be armed. In Los Angeles, New York and other cities, these permits are rarely granted.The time has come for this court to 鈥?reaffirm the citizens ; fundamental right to carry a handgun for self-defense, Washington attorney Paul D. Clement said in his appeal on behalf of the New York State Rifle Pistol Association.The case could be the most sig adidas samba og nificant test of the Second Amendment in a decade. In 2008, the co yeezy mx urt ruled for the first time that the Constitution gives individuals a right to have a gun for self-defense, and it struck down a Washington, D.C., ordinance that prohibited all private possession of handguns. Two years later, the court threw out a similar handgun ban in Chicago.Since then, the justices have steadily turned away appeals that challenged other gun laws, including measures that limited who could obtain a license to carry a gun in public. But the three newest justices 鈥?all Trump appointees 鈥?have indicated in the past they favor stronger protections for gun r stanley spain ights under the Second Amendment.Un Hxft Maine bill would limit use of pesticides linked to bee deaths
Its an investment summit in the shadow of a killing: stripped of the glitz and glamour of business titans who last year flew in to woo a young prince and be a part of his grand plans to transform his countrys economy.Hosted by the kingdoms sovereign wealth fund, the three-day conference that kicks off in Riyadh on Tuesday was meant to showcase the opportunities created by reform efforts to break the economys dependence on oil and unveil billion-dollar contracts in front of the worlds business elite. That was until the killing of government critic Jamal Khashoggi prompted dozens of finance and b stanley cup usiness owala usa leaders to pull out.Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 鈥?who posed for selfies with hundr adidas originals samba eds of delegates at last years conference 鈥?will be keen to show that its business as usual in the kingdom, even as European leaders and President Donald Trump demand more information on how the Washington Post columnist was killed at its consulate in Istanbul.No-shows from the likes of Deutsche Banks Christian Sewing, JPMorgan Chases Jamie Dimon and BlackRock Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink will deal a blow to the 33-year-old leader and the kingdom, which has built close ties with Wall Street executives and relies largely on global banks to finance its ambitious plans.But a delegation of Russian chief executives including at least one billionaire still plan to show up. Kirill Dmitriev, the chief executive of the state-run Russian Direct Investment Fund and a leading player |
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