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A federal judge in California has dismissed a challenge to that state's ban on most guns within 1,000 feet of schools, a ruling which is likely to have influence on similar challenge pending in Wisconsin. Kevin Hall, who lives within 1,000 feet of a school in San Francisco, had requested an exemption from superintendent Carlos Garcia to allow Hall to openly carry a gun outside his home. It was denied, and Hall sued, claiming the denial infringed his Second Amendment rights. But U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg last monthgranted the superintendent's motion for judgment on the pleadings. Seeborg found that...