Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Supreme Court and the 2nd Amendment



The Supreme Court has been asked to decide on three gun cases. 

They are supposed to consider tomorrow if they will take up the following three cases.

CASE ONE:  Six years ago, in the landmark Heller case, the court established that the Constitution guarantees a personal right to bear arms, but states — and lower federal courts — have made different judgments about what that means.
Now, in the key case, the National Rifle Association has asked the justices to take up a Texas challenge that questions whether states can impose restrictions on guns that the NRA says would be "unimaginable" if it were for free speech or privacy rights.

CASE TWO:   Involves a separate NRA lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, challenging whether federal law can require handgun buyers to be at least 21 rather than 18.

 CASE THREE:  Questions a 1968 federal law that prevents anyone without a federal firearms license from receiving or processing handguns bought or brought in from out of state.


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