Second Amendment

In this article, the author comments on the Sand Hook mass shooting in 2012 and aims to determine whether mass shootings are on the rise and whether a gun control law would make sense.

This article identifies the prevalence of gun violence in America today. The article includes statistics from 1993-2011 that identify the amount of firearm incidents, victims, crime rate, and violent percentage of crimes.

In a landmark 5 to 4 decision, the justices of the Supreme Court ruled that that 2nd Amendment to the United States protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms unconnected with service to a militia. They ruled that an individual can arm themselves for purposes such as self-defense in…

<p>It's the only industrial nation in which the possession of rifles, shotguns, and handguns is lawfully prevalent among large numbers of its population.</p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">The National Rifle Association and the Right to Bear Arms</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Should Mick Jagger get off of his cloud? And make room for Red Cloud? Was the Architect of Liberty a lousy architect? And who let the poodles out? Our fifth annual survey puts them all in their place.</span> </p>

<p>To find out what the Founding generation said about "well-regulated militias" and the right to bear arms, we researched all the colonial and state constitutions enacted before 1791.</p>

<p>Here are the original opinion and dissents in the famous Supreme Court case that defined the modern version of the "right to bear arms." </p>

<p>To know what the Framers intended, we need to understand the late-18th century historical context.</p>

<p>The Supreme Court left the door open for reasonable regulations of guns, if Congress has the will to act.</p>

<p>Given the recent tragic shootings, historians should play a role in providing dispassionate facts regarding the history of gun rights and gun control.</p>

<p>After ten years of research into the history of gun rights, it’s clear that most Americans' understanding of the “right to bear arms” is not consistent with historical facts.</p>

<p>Some of the most important essays on gun rights, gun culture, and the meaning of the Second Amendment have appeared in <em>American Heritage </em>over the last 50 years.</p>