Wednesday, September 1, 2010

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A federal magistrate is recommending
dismissal of a lawsuit filed by eight states seeking freedom from
federal gun laws.

The recommendation now goes to the federal judge hearing the
case.

The states argue they should decide which rules would control
the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made inside their
borders.

The federal magistrate sided Wednesday with the U.S. Department
of Justice and gun control advocates who say the courts have
already decided that Congress can set standards on such items as
guns through its power to regulate interstate commerce.
The states in the lawsuit are Montana, Utah, Alabama, Idaho,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia.

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