High Court to Hear Major Second Amendment Case

[Silverback]

For the first time in 70 years, the Supreme Court will hear a major case Tuesday over the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. The case could affect gun control laws across the country.

At issue is one of the great unresolved constitutional questions: Does the Second Amendment protect an individual's right to keep and carry a gun, or does it only protect a state's right to arm a militia?

The case came to the high court after Washington, D.C., resident Shelly Parker sued the city over its gun control law, which has been in effect since 1976. It is one of the toughest gun laws in the nation, banning handguns and requiring shotguns to be locked up.

"The criminals have the guns," Parker said. "If you are a law-abiding citizen, the law in this city says you do not have a gun." A lower court ruled in favor of Parker and overturned the gun law.


But the city's mayor, Adrian Fenty, is fighting to keep the gun control law on the books. He says tough gun laws are essential in the city, where the crime rate is among the highest in the nation.

"Whatever right the Second Amendment guarantees, it does not require the district to stand by while its citizens die," Fenty said.

There has been a deep split on the issue in lower courts. While a majority of courts have said that the right to bear arms refers in connection to service in a state militia, two federal courts have said the amendment protects an individual's right to keep a gun.

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[Rock Island Ranger]

But the city's mayor, Adrian Fenty, is fighting to keep the gun control law on the books. He says tough gun laws are essential in the city, where the crime rate is among the highest in the nation.

And does this dumbshit not see a correlation between disarming the law abiding and the crime rate??????

[Black 6]

But the city's mayor, Adrian Fenty, is fighting to keep the gun control law on the books. He says tough gun laws are essential in the city, where the crime rate is among the highest in the nation.

And does this dumbshit not see a correlation between disarming the law abiding and the crime rate??????

They never do.

[Jim]

An armed society is a polite society.

[BruteForce]

..and the more we allow CCW, the more polite it will surely become.

[Darksaga]

An armed society is a polite society.

Amen