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Jan 5, 2009 9:05 pm US/Pacific

NRA, SF Housing Authority Near Settlement On Guns

CBS 5 CrimeWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―

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The National Rifle Association said the San Francisco Housing Authority is preparing to drop its blanket handgun ban in public housing.

NRA lawyer CD Michel said the agreement, which settles a federal lawsuit, hasn't been finalized. But he says if the settlement is approved as expected, the housing authority will allow public housing tenants to keep legally obtained handguns. In exchange, the housing authority won't be required to pay any damages or attorney fees.

The NRA sued the housing authority a day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a gun ban in Washington D.C. and ruled that individual citizens have a right to keep handguns.