Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers. —John Ashcroft 20 The mi...
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “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.” The Second Amendment was written in 1791 when weapons were not as advanced as...
Comprehensive presentation of gun control and Second Amendment issues; analysis of firearms statistics, research, and gun control policies.
Term: 1974-1977 Gerald Ford occupied the White House from 1974 to 1977, but was never elected on a presidential ticket. He became vice president under the 25th Amendment when President Richard Nixon's Vice President, Spiro Agnew, resigned in disgrace. As Agnew’s replacement in the order of ...
Either way, it has been shown in many publications by the Founding Fathers, but very often Thomas Jefferson, that the 2nd Amendment is specifically for the defense of a tyrannical government, both foreign and domestic. To be able to combat a military force. All weapons should be available to...
some judges have assiduously refrained from any acknowledgment of Congress' declaration that the Second Amendment protects the rights of citizens to have firearms. A Sixth Circuit case quotes floor speeches on the Firearms Owners' Protection Act which did not mention the Second Amendment, and then th...