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NAT. COALITION TO BAN HANDGUNS v. BUREAU OF A.T.F.

No. 82-1624.

715 F.2d 632 (1983)

NATIONAL COALITION TO BAN HANDGUNS, et al., Appellants, v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Mark Tuller, Washington, D.C., with whom Charles H. Cochran, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellants.

William H. Briggs, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence and Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, BORK and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

Appellants in this case seek a declaratory judgment that the Gun Control Act of 1968 restricts the issuance of dealers' licenses to persons engaging or intending to engage in "bona fide firearms businesses." Because we find no requirement in the Act equivalent to the meaning which appellants would assign that term, we affirm the district court...

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