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What do you really know about the Second Amendment? Here's what it does and why it exists
Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The U.S. Constitution is ...
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The Right of the People
The text, history, and tradition of the Second Amendment make clear that it protects an individual right of private citizens to keep and bear personal arms for self-defense. The language itself is ...
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What Types of Arms Are Protected?
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court stated that types of arms protected by the Second Amendment are not limited to those in existence at the time the Amendment was ratified ...
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Judge Barrett on the Second Amendment
Barr (pp. 27-64) illustrates both her fidelity to the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and her masterful application of the ...
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Trump’s bold move to strengthen the Second Amendment
President Trump is making good on his promise to defend and strengthen the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. Just recently, the president signed an executive order, Protecting ...