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Supreme Court weighs whether to enter gun debate amid calls for stricter limits
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But amid the public outcry over gun violence, the Supreme Court's nine members are meeting behind closed doors to discuss whether to add to next term's docket disputes over gun regulations, with a ruling from the justices potentially having far-reaching implications for firearms restrictions at the federal and state levels.
The high court could say as soon as mid-April whether it will hear cases involving the constitutionality of licenses to carry concealed handguns in public or the rights of convicted felons to possess firearms, and gun rights supporters — and some of the justices themselves — argue the Supreme Court is long overdue to define the reach of the Second Amendment. |
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"In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled the Second Amendment protects the right to have firearms in the home for self-defense."
The meme is that the Heller decision only protected the right to bear arms in the home, full stop. That is misinformation on steroids.
The Court ruled that individuals have a right "to use that arm FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES, SUCH AS self-defense within the home." The ruling doesn't confine the right to the home.
"The Second Amendment shouldn't be a barrier to [universal background checks] no matter what the Supreme Court does."
The proposed legislation is a Commerce Clause issue, not a 2A issue. Congress is prohibited by the 10th Amendment from exercising undelegated authority. Private sales are not commerce. |
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