Posted on 07/19/2023 2:28:18 PM PDT by rellimpank
It wasn't until 2008 that the Supreme Court for the first time struck down a gun control law, ruling the 2nd Amendment protected the "right of law-abiding, responsible citizens" to keep a handgun at home for self-defense.
Last year, the court went a step further and said an "ordinary law-abiding citizen" also has a right to a state permit to carry a concealed weapon in public for self-defense.
Now the justices face a new frontier: Do gun rights extend to dangerous people and dangerous weapons?
In just the last year, accused criminals and felons including drug dealers and domestic abusers have won gun rights claims by arguing that in 1791, when the 2nd Amendment was adopted, the new nation did not have broad restrictions on firearms.
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A well regulated Militia.
This statement refers to citizen volunteers, who make up the militia, will be properly trained in military tactics (i.e. well regulated) and not go off half cocked (i.e. the hammer pulled back all the way back, not half way to cause a missfire).
“The Supreme Court isn’t “expanding” the Second Amendment. It’s removing unconstitutional restrictions.”
Exactly.
—I have a copy also—
This statement refers to citizen volunteers, who make up the militia, will be properly trained in military tactics (i.e. well regulated) and not go off half cocked (i.e. the hammer pulled back all the way back, not half way to cause a missfire).
I'm still looking forward to my federal government, US Constitution mandated range time. Yes, the word "regulated" as used in the vernacular at the time of the writing means "trained and practiced".
It also meant similarly equipped. Having weapons of the same caliber, amount of powder/shot, etc. In modern terms that would mean that, at the very minimum, we of the general militia should be equipped with AR pattern rifles and a suitable cache of NATO caliber rounds.
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