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"The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not 'a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees,'"
There you have it, folks: the government can not regulate the right to bear arms into meaninglessness.
There you have it, folks: the government can not regulate the right to bear arms into meaninglessness.
The U.S. Supreme Court has shot down a Massachusetts gun control law, overturning a lower court's approval and returning it to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a determination that aligns with the high court's recent precedents.
Fox explained that ruling was thought to be a "landmark" in 2nd Amendment jurisprudence, opening the door for a multitude of challenges to state limits.
"The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not 'a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees,'" Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the 6-3 majority at the time. "We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need."