[1010RD]

For centuries there has been debate over the Second Amendment and the scope of the right that it secures.

Not really, just since the rise of fascism in America and then those uppity blacks with rifles fighting back.

[marktwain]

It actually started in the 1830’s, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights did not apply to State Governments.

Before that, there were state court decisions striking down state laws that infringed on the right to keep and bear arms.