As Papal Visit Begins, Society Commemorating Catholic Gun Saint Honors Supreme Court Challenger of Handgun Ban.ARLINGTON, Va. -- On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of Pope Benedict's visit to America, the St. Gabriel Possenti Society honored Dick Heller for his Supreme Court challenge to the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). handgun ban, Society Chairman John Snyder announced here today. Snyder presented Heller, a security guard, with a Society Medallion. He presented a similar medal to Dane von Breichenruchardt, President of the Bill of Rights Foundation, a former member of the U.S. international shooting team, for facilitating Heller's efforts. In the case, District of Columbia v Heller (07-290), Heller claims the DC handgun ban is a violation of the individual Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms. The trial court dismissed Heller's case. Heller appealed to the appellate court for DC. The appellate court agreed with Heller. It ruled DC's ordinance violates the United States Constitution. The District appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in the historic case on March 18. A ruling is expected within months. "By working to overturn an unjust law that denies law-abiding citizens the right to possess handguns even in their own homes for self-defense," said Snyder, "Heller and von Breichenruchardt manifest commitment to principles upheld by the Society." The interdenominational in·ter·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Of or involving different religious denominations. interdenominational Adjective among or involving more than one denomination of the Christian Church Adj. Society's patron is St. Gabriel Possenti, a seminarian sem·i·nar·i·an also sem·i·nar·ist n. A student at a seminary. Noun 1. seminarian - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) seminarist who rescued villagers of Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy in 1860 from a gang of renegades with a one-shot, lizard-striking demonstration of handgun marksmanship. "Possenti's heroic action showed that the use of handguns by good people can protect innocent human life," said Snyder. "Guns save lives." Possenti died in 1862. Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Latin: Benedictus PP. XV), (Italian: Benedetto XV), (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa canonized can·on·ize tr.v. can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing, can·on·iz·es 1. To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such. 2. To include in the biblical canon. 3. him in 1920. The international Society (www.gunsaint.com) seeks Possenti's official Vatican designation as Patron of Handgunners. It underscores the historical, philosophical and theological bases for the doctrine of legitimate self-defense. The Society medallion features an image of Possenti flanked by silhouettes of a handgun and a lizard. A former National Rifle Association National Rifle Association (NRA) Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. magazine editor, Snyder is Manager of Telum Associates, LL.C., Public Affairs Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, or CCRKBA, is a gun rights organization in the United States, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is closely affiliated with the Second Amendment Foundation. External links
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