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Second Amendment stories: 33 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

 Gun Ruling a Sea Change
 for 2nd Amendment  

Supreme Court's 5-4 decision "takes certain policy choices off the table"

Jun 26, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court’s decision today striking down Washington's handgun ban represented a change in interpreting the Second Amendment. The court’s 5-4 vote split down partisan lines, the Post reports, with Justices Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito in opposition to Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer. "The enshrinement... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Washington DC • gun control • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • Washington, DC • constitutional law

 Court Strikes Down
 DC Handgun Ban 

Justices vote 5-4 in landmark gun rights case

Jun 26, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in US history. The court's 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with the Second Amendment, the AP reports. But... More »

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Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • gun ban • handgun ban

 Florida Passes 
 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

Biz groups fear increase in office shootings

Apr 10, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida lawmakers have passed a law that prohibits most businesses from banning employees keeping guns in their cars on company property, Reuters reports. Backers hail the measure as a victory for Second Amendment rights. Business groups, fearing an increase in workplace shootings, are urging the governor to veto the so-called... More »

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Florida • NRA • gun control • Second Amendment • shooting • workplace safety • guns

 Obama Prods
 Pro-Gun Pa.
 Voters 

Hopeful plays down liberal image to tout individual rights

Apr 5, 08 8:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is aiming to win pro-gun votes in Pennsylvania by touting the Second Amendment, Politico reports. His camp emailed state gun clubs this week about “the right and traditions of sportsmen" as Obama courted Pennsylvania's pro-gun Democratic lawmakers. The NRA fired back at Obama—and Hillary Clinton, too—... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NRA • gun control • Second Amendment • Pennsylvania primary • Dan Surra

Supremes Appear Set to KO DC's Handgun Ban

In key 2nd Amendment case, Kennedy notes 'general right to bear arms'

Mar 18, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court looks ready to declare Washington, DC’s handgun ban unconstitutional, the LA Times report. The justices heard oral arguments in the landmark Second Amendment case today, and swing voter Anthony Kennedy said, “In my view, there is a general right to bear arms.” At issue... More »

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John Roberts • Washington DC • Anthony Kennedy • Constitution • Second Amendment • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban

 Court Hears Gun Case Today 

Nation's firearms laws in the balance as Supremes hear arguments

Mar 18, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the oldest and most hotly debated constitutional amendments—the right to bear arms—comes under scrutiny by the Supreme Court today. The court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Washington DC's stringent ban on handguns. The ruling, which will arrive in June, is sure to have a... More »

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Department of Justice • John Roberts • John Ashcroft • Washington DC • gun control • Anthony Kennedy • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • National Rifle Association • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban • Scotus • Temple University • David Kairys • Dick Anthony Heller

DC's Handgun Ban Heads
to Supreme Court

Justices get unprecedented crack at Second Amendment

Mar 16, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Roberts' Supreme Court will get a rare crack at an undefined piece of the Bill of Rights this week when it examines whether Washington, DC's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. Though Americans' right to bear arms has been debated for 200 years, reports the Washington Post, the... More »

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Bill of Rights • Washington DC • gun control • Constitution • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban

Cheney Bucks Bush, Wants DC Gun Ban Overturned

Signs Congressional brief saying the District's gun law is unconstitutional

Feb 9, 08 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney yesterday went against his own administration, signing a Congressional brief which urges the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that found Washington DC's handgun ban to be unconstitutional. In so doing Cheney took a stronger Second Amendment stance than his boss, the Washington Post reports, adding that it's... More »

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Dick Cheney • gun control • Constitution • Second Amendment • handgun • constitutional law • George W. Bush • gun ban

Thompson Aims for Gun Owners' Support in SC

But Huckabee, McCain have own in-roads with 2nd Amendment crew

Jan 10, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Fred Thompson is banking on the support of South Carolina gun advocates in a last-ditch effort to save his Republican presidential campaign, Politico reports—and those Second Amendment supporters are hungry for a candidate who will represent their interests in Washington as well as President Bush has. For many, the... More »

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Fred Thompson • NRA • gun control • Republican voters • Republican evangelicals • Second Amendment • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries

Supreme Court Will Hear Landmark Gun Case

Hearing will be first on the topic in 68 years

Nov 20, 07 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed today to hear its first case on the meaning of the Second Amendment in 68 years. At question is the scope of the “right to bear arms”: A circuit court ruled last year that it applied to individuals' guns, but the city of Washington argued... More »

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Washington DC • National Guard • Constitution • ban • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban • guns

Rudy Takes
Call During
NRA Speech

Did the missus really phone as he massaged the 2nd Amendment?

Sep 21, 07 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani, former gun control-lover,  wasn't exactly killing with a speech to the National Rifle Association today when he interrupted his remarks at the podium—to take a phone call from his wife. After a little lovey-dovey with Judith ("OK, have a safe trip, bye-bye. Talk to you... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • NRA • violence • Second Amendment • guns

Liberal Scholars Embrace Gun Ownership

Much to their own uncomfortable surprise

May 6, 07 10:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a federal appeals court ruled against a District of Columbia gun control law in March,  it was the first time an appellate court had used the Second Amendment to restrict gun contol legislation. And it was, even more surprisingly, the result of work by a group of liberal... More »

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Bill of Rights • gun control • Federal Court • Second Amendment • Washington, DC

NRA Backs Gun Sales To Terror Suspects

Opposes bill giving AG discretion
to ban sales to people on terror
watch lists

May 4, 07 10:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NRA is urging the Bush administration to oppose a bill that bans suspected terrorists from buying guns. In a letter to AG Alberto Gonzales, the group's executive director objects that the bill, introduced in the Senate last week, "would allow arbitrary denial of Second Amendment rights based on... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Attorney General • NRA • gun control • Virginia Tech • gun sales • terrorist • Second Amendment

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