The Second Amendment is not only for imaginary revolts ... a black man carrying a cane in public was subject to summary execution; Maryland law forbade free blacks from owning dogs, which were ...

The right of the people to keep and bear arms, enshrined in the Constitution’s Second Amendment, is centered not on hunting or sport shooting but on the natural right of self-defense.

33 False Claim #2: Armed Civilians Stand No Chance Against Modern Militaries Equipped With Fighter Jets and Tanks, so the Second Amendment No Longer Serves a Purpose. FACT: This claim ...

Therefore, newspapers were free to publish these documents. The Second Amendment links the right to bear arms and “the security of a free state.” Without access to guns for a militia ...

I joined more than 120 of my colleagues in introducing H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. In 1791, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by ...

summary of Justice Scalia’s opinion for a 5-member majority in District of Columbia v. Heller, invalidating D.C.’s handgun ban on Second Amendment grounds: 1. The Second Amendment protects an ...

“The Commonwealth contends knives categorically are not protected by the Second Amendment because the definition ...

Heller. This landmark decision not only acknowledged and affirmed the individual right to firearms protected by the Second Amendment but also resurrected an age-old debate about the amendment's ...

In their 2,200-page motion for summary judgment, the plaintiffs argued that switchblades are “undoubtedly … in common use and ...

ruling that it violates the Second Amendment and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves.