Supreme Court, Second Amendment
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In short, all nine justices agreed that the federal government's prosecution of this particular nonviolent marijuana user for possessing a gun violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. To call this decision a huge win for the Second Amendment would be an understatement.
Lawmakers in a growing number of states are imposing restrictions on 3D-printed firearms, sparking debate over Second Amendment rights and gun control.
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Second Amendment groups target purple state’s decades-long ‘permission slip’ scheme with new lawsuit
Michigan gun-rights groups are teaming with the National Rifle Association to challenge the state’s permit-to-purchase law in a federal lawsuit. Michigan Open Carry, Michigan Gun Owners (MGO), […]
Vagrancy laws usually targeted those who 'did not meet the societal expectation of work,' W. Quigley, Reluctant Charity: Poor Laws in the Original Thirteen States, 31 U. Rich. L. Rev. 111, 169 (1997), and sought to promote productivity and suppress various vices, not to protect the public from a category of unusually dangerous persons.
A top official with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) warned lawmakers in the Virgin Islands Friday that gun control bills being debated there could be thrown out in court. SAF sent Democratic Territorial Senate President Milton Potter a letter Wednesday that warned pending court cases could declare proposed provisions,
As Missouri Republicans push a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act through the legislature, law enforcement officials in the state say lawmakers and supporters of the bill are ignoring their concerns. Missouri Republican legislators are ...
