“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.”
Ratified on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendments affirms the God given right to use “arms” for defense of self. The right is not granted by the Constitution, it is protected from being “infringed” by the government.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark Supreme Court decision ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual’s right to possess firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home, unconnected to service in a militia.
n its 2022 landmark decision (New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. Crucially, the Court established a strict historical standard for judging whether gun control laws are constitutional. Moving forward, a firearm regulation is only valid if the government can prove it is consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.
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