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Looks like the " gun issue " may be put on the back burner : The Supreme Court took no action Tuesday in the case involving the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. The justices discussed the case at their private conference on Friday, but reached no resolution. Four justices must vote to grant an appeal. The court does not always reach a decision the first time it discusses a case.

One of America's oldest laws may be reviewed soon : The Supreme Court could announce as early as Tuesday whether it will take its first serious look at the Second Amendment in nearly 70 years in a case from D.C. City officials are trying to maintain the 31-year ban on handguns. A lower court struck down the ban as a violation of the Second Amendment rights of gun ownership. The main issue is whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns or instead spells out the collective right of states to maintain militias. The individual right interpretation would permit fewer restrictions on gun ownership. A nice way to once again make "guns" a prevailing issue for the 2008 Presidential Campaign.