Specialinterest groups in the crosshairs united states the. The second amendment itself does not figure much in this nonviolent stuffll get you killed, charles e. Second amendment rights in the cross hairs small arms. A federal appeals court challenged the legality of marylands assault weapon and highcapacity magazine ban on thursday, saying the law infringes on the second amendment s right to bear arms. But on tuesday the court injected itself into the center of a fiery dispute, hearing arguments in a gun control case that marks the amendment s greatest test since it was ratified in 1791. Supreme court has presided over the case of district of columbia vs. It hasnt ruled on the second amendment since may 1939 almost four months before the nazis rolled into poland. Maryland gun control law infringes on second amendment. The right to keep and bear arms, as defined by the second amendment, is under unprecedented attack. The 2nd amendment doesnt say, the right of the militia to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
This is the second amendment book to read before november 8th. True, the second amendment spoke of a right to bear arms, but it did so in. After decades of silence on the second amendment, the u. Now that the united states is protected by a trained, volunteer military force rather than a civilian militia, is the second amendment still valid. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to point out that history supports, and in no way contradicts, that reading. What do security and infringed mean in the second amendment to the u. The second amendment amendment ii to the united states constitution protects the individual right to keep and bear arms. Neil schulman, awardwinning author a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Protecting our second amendment rights will make america great again donald j. A cultural history of that idea would be a fascinating biography and might shed light on contemporary legal disputes. One need not resort to historical materials to interpret the second amendment, because it is all there in the text. What do security and infringed mean in the second amendment to. As david cole recounts in his book engines of liberty, the n. Regarding the second amendment, the authors of the book state.
The second amendment reads, in full, a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Where are the limits to the second amendment and where should they be. It was ratified on december 15, 1791 as part of the bill of rights in district of columbia v. Californias open carry laws do not infringe upon the core second amendment right of. Second amendment in the crosshairs the official website for the movie about a critically important social and individual rights issue in the united. New documentary to illustrate history of second amendment and current. White supremacy and the church of the 2nd amendment the. October 10, 2016 december 2, 2018 by vcyamerica leave a comment. Trump on the right to keep and bear arms the second amendment to our constitution is clear. The most radical among leftists will claim that the 2nd amendment can only apply to muskets, since that is all we had when the bill of rights was ratified. This is a story wed encourage all interested parties to share. The framers of the bill of rights adapted the wording of the amendment from nearly identical clauses in some of the original state constitutions.
For 217 years, the opacity of the second amendment kept the supreme. What does the second amendments well regulated really. Designed for theatrical and home video release, infringed. The supreme courts progun radicalism puts us all in the. First, it is a history of how the second amendment has been interpreted. War iiinstead of being parted out for her hair, the gold in her dental work. Working hard to misconstrue the 2nd amendment history news. Her book tells a very different tale about the socalled gun culture in the. The second amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all lawabiding americans. The second amendment was written in part to allay this worry and that may be its entire meaning. In the premiere episode of the dl, the truth about the second amendment, dana loesch introduces her new nratv series and is joined by nra personalities and gun rights advocates to examine the.
In the preface to their new book, shall not be infringed, david keene and thomas mason, two veteran second amendment advocates, include a quote from former president ronald reagan. Few citizens understood its provisions, legal scholar michael waldman wrote in his 2014 book, the second amendment. New book infringed by alex kincaid northwest firearms. Historian clayton cramer as in the fellow who brought down michael bellesiles will be there to speak and promote his recent book. Every move we make with our firearms is regulated, and compliance is a tricky business. Second amendment in the crosshairs gary theroux wednesday august 28, 20 at 3. Heller 2008, the supreme court affirmed for the first time that the right belongs to individuals, for selfdefense in the home, while also including, as dicta, that the right. In fact, the resolute stevens advocated curbs on the second amendment in previous writings, such as in 2014, with the release of his book, six amendments. And despite the furor it provokes today, for most of american history, the amendment got relatively little attention. Yet today theres a gun rights debatepitting the legal owners of firearms and those who wish to preserve their constitutional rights against politicians who wish to infringe upon or revoke those liberties. Many, however, have read it to mean that guns in individual hands are a natural right. Gould is a multiple awardwinning producerdirectoreditor who has spent more than 25 years in television, radio and motion picture production.
Lobbying against guncontrol laws was a rare activity, since there. Finally, there is the description of the second amendment published in a book approved by common core for use in elementary schools. Amendment ii from the unabridged second amendment by j. As for the 2d amendment, the framers were well aware that the overwhelming majority of the revolutionary army obtained its firepower from. A pro second amendment documentary aimed at changing the national dialogue on gun rights. Where are the limits to the second amendment and where. Californias opencarry laws do not infringe upon the core second amendment right of.
From 1791 until 2008, the supreme court refused to touch guncontrol laws. Politics changed the reading of the second amendmentand can. A man holds a gun displayed at the shore shot pistol range gun shop in lakewood township, n. Its you the ones who already understand what america has to lose if it gives up its second amendment heritage who can bring infringed. Second amendment in the crosshairs is a project that will address a critically important social and individual rights issue in the united states. In search of the second amendment will have its screen premiere in twin falls, id, on october 3 and 4. It would have been intolerable to our founding fathers that any disparity between citizens, soldiers and law enforcement officers be drawn as to which personal arms could be carried. True, the second amendment spoke of a right to bear arms, but it did so in conditional fashion. This book by michael waldman is a clear and thoughtful guide to the history of the second amendment.
While much has been written about gun control and related issues, no book has delved so deeply into the nature of the right to keep and bear arms. While i am a staunch advocate for the second amendment, this book is not intended to be a persuasive work outlining the history and reasoning behind the second amendment. New documentary to illustrate history of second amendment. Opinion justices put gun limits in the cross hairs the. Expert progun advocates david keene and thomas mason tell the story of the battle fought in the. Opinion justices put gun limits in the cross hairs the new york. Supreme court, in striking down a ban on possession of handguns in the district of columbia, held that the second amendment. The subject matter and unusual phrasing of this amendment led to much controversy and analysis, especially in the last half of the twentieth century. The second amendment was one in a series of moves by our founding fathers to insure americans would be free citizens with guaranteed rights as individuals and not subjects the property of an allpowerful government, as theyd been in europe. Despite the claims by modern scholars the founders intended for all rights to be absolute and undisputed. Understanding the deep meaning of the second amendment is. Infringed second amendment in the crosshairs enter site laws that forbid the carrying of arms. The second unsuccessful second amendment case, also brought by the.
The second amendment reads, in full, a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms. The new assaults on your second amendment is a history of the relatively short gun control debate in america and a revealing description of how those. Alexandria kincaid, second amendment attorney and former prosecutor, exposes the grim reality of americas gun control system and unravels the complicated and confusing gun laws and your rights in a simple and easy to understand way. Those who interpret the second amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The supreme courts progun radicalism puts us all in the crosshairs. The second amendment and this nonviolent stuffll get. How fears of abolition shaped the second amendment. The new assaults on your second amendment is a history of the relatively short gun control debate in america and a revealing description of how those hostile to the second amendment use polls, studies, and numbers to confuse the public. The second amendment to the constitution guarantees that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The second amendments the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed language is exactly what was proposed as the first clause of the amendment by james madison on june 8, 1789. Even if article 1, section 21 and the second amendment were not. Reading the second amendment foundation for economic. Awardwinning filmmaker peter jay gould is now developing infringed. His first draft for what became the second amendment had said.
Pennsylvania firearm rights in the crosshairs the rights that. Common coreapproved textbooks rewrite second amendment. New documentary to illustrate history of second amendment and. Second amendment in the crosshairs, a new featurelength documentary designed to separate fact from fiction in todays gun. The whole truth is that the second amendment states. Second amendment in the crosshairs january 25, 2015 this is a story wed encourage all interested parties to share. Supreme court, in striking down a ban on possession of handguns in the district of columbia, held that the second amendment conferred. Second amendment legal definition of second amendment. This is a big story that is likely to be buried by the mainstream press. Most recently, schulman has founded the committee to enforce the second amendment cesa, through which he intends to see the individuals right to keep and bear arms recognized as a constitutional protection equal to those afforded in the first, fourth, fifth, ninth and fourteenth amendments. Feel free to cutandpaste the link below into a post of your own. As a scientific control on this analysis, i would also appreciate it if you could compare your analysis of the text of the second amendment to the following sentence, a wellschooled electorate, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books, shall not be infringed. At issue is whether the second amendment protects a private citizens right to keep and bear arms. Pennsylvania firearm rights in the crosshairs the rights.
David keene, author of shall not be infringed, spoke with tom donnelly, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the national constitution center, about the second amendment. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. About infringed second amendment in the crosshairs. A staunch supporter of constitutional principles and the second amendment in particular, mr.
A wellregulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. A biography by michael waldman is an important book that looks at two important things regarding the constitution. Next post with pa representative sims censoring pro second amendment comments, ficg files letters of objection with house judiciary committee members 19 thoughts on pennsylvania firearm rights in the crosshairs the rights that stand to be infringed. Once ive had an opportunity to see your new book, thatll be on the list as well. Chapter six dealt with the second amendment, which now reads. Permalink documentary film comments 0 promoting 2nd amendment. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be. Roxanne dunbarortiz argues that the second amendment should be repealed. To the nra, the second amendment to the constitutionthe right to bear.