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RI: A primer on the Second Amendment
 Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
 Website: http://www.marktaff.com

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Michael F. Kraemer is a retired Rhode Island attorney and a volunteer with the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence who has testified before the judiciary committees of the Rhode Island House and Senate.

The right to bear arms established under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is often misunderstood. Given the proposed firearms legislation pending in the General Assembly, it is important to understand what the law does and does not protect.
 
Comment by: MarkHamTownsend (3/4/2021)
For a lawyer this author just does not have a clue.
 
Comment by: PHORTO (3/4/2021)
Well, he starts off with a blatant lie.

"The Court did not establish any other right regarding gun ownership, beyond 'the right ... to use arms in defense of hearth and home.'"

What an arrogant piece of nonsense!

Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Pp. 2–53.

Let me repeat that: "...to use that arm FOR TRADITIONALLY LAWFUL PURPUSES, SUCH AS self-defense within the home." (emphasis mine)

The author's 'interpretation' doesn't merely distort the precedent, it unconscionably misrepresents it.
 
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