Second Amendment & the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms for defense of life and liberty.
In U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876), Presser v. Illinois (1886), Miller v. Texas (1894) and U.S. v. Miller (1939), the Supreme Court recognized that the amendment protects an individual right. It has never taken a different view. However, in Salina v. Blaksley (1905), the Kansas Supreme Court invented the idea that the amendment instead protected a “right” of a person to keep and bear arms only while serving in a state militia, and in U.S. v. Tot (1942), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit advanced the idea that the amendment protects the “right” of a state to have a militia.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court heard its first case specifically centered on whether the amendment protects an individual right to arms. Gun control supporters advanced essentially the "Salina" argument, but the Court, consistent with its previous rulings in Second Amendment-related cases, ruled that the amendment protects an individual right to keep arms and to bear arms "in case of confrontation," without regard to a person’s relationship to a militia.
In McDonald v. Chicago (2010), the court extended the Second Amendment's protection nationwide.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
An historic decision by a federal appeals court says the Second Amendment protects an individual right, and it ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
St. Louis' America's Center features 5 Acres of Guns, Guides & Gear Members of the media are invited ...
Friday, March 9, 2007
Fairfax, VA- The District of Columbia Circuit Court today affirmed that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects ...
Monday, March 5, 2007
Today, attorneys for the National Rifle Association of America received a check from New Orleans City Attorney Joseph ...
Thursday, March 1, 2007
The new frontiers in the battle to protect our rights are being carved out in the 50 state ...
Thursday, March 1, 2007
The new frontiers in the battle to protect our rights are being carved out in the 50 state ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
District Court Judge to City Attorney: conduct “wholly unprofessional” Fairfax, VA—The National Rifle Association (NRA) and law abiding ...
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Fairfax, VA-In his 2007 State of the State Address Wednesday night, Governor Matt Blunt laid out his list ...
Friday, December 15, 2006
On Thursday, December 7, the State House voted 71-21 to override Governor Bob Taft’s (R) veto of crucial ...
Monday, October 16, 2006
With anti-gun extremists Nancy Pelosi poised to become Speaker of the House, and John Conyers chairman of the ...