Bill of Rights: Second Amendment

CONTROVERSIES



Gun Control Issues

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-Children with Guns

-School Gun Shootings

-Untrained people with guns





Lower Federal Courts Interpret 2nd Amendment as:

-not applying to the states
-a vice individual right
-applied to the militia
-protected only the situations when it can be proved someone with a gun/weapon is related with a well-regulated militia

US Attorney General:

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-Eric Holder (Attorney General) argued that 2nd amendment only protects government militia
-Believed 2nd Amendment didn't impose gun bans
-Supported:
    -Gun Bans
    - Registration
    - Licensing
     -One-gun-a-month limit on purchases and mandatory waiting periods.
-Used to oversee the background check system in the Clinton Justice Department
    -Didn't explain while there were so many consistent screw ups and failures while he was running it