Supreme Court, Second Amendment and semiautomatic rifles
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of new rulings has further expanded the Constitution's Second Amendment right "to keep and bear arms," as the justices consider whether to take up additional gun rights cases for their next term.
April 9 (UPI) --The Department of Justice will have a Second Amendment Task Force tasked with protecting gun owners against governmental "overreach," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. "The prior administration placed an undue burden on gun ...
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the constitutional rights of cannabis consumers to legally possess firearms.
In short, all nine justices agreed that the federal government's prosecution of this particular nonviolent marijuana user for possessing a gun violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. To call this decision a huge win for the Second Amendment would be an understatement.
The Second Amendment permits the government to disarm dangerous criminals, but what about people convicted of nonviolent paperwork offenses? Bryan Range pleaded guilty in 1995 to a state misdemeanor for lowballing his income on a form to get food stamps.
Concealed carry permit holders wanted to bring guns onto private property that’s open to the public without getting express permission from the owner.
