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Concealed and open carry gun laws differ between states. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution provides the right to bear arms, but gun owners must still abide by laws regulating that right.
The Second Amendment Permits The Disarming of “Dangerous” Felons. Each year, more than 8,000 people are convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). About 90% of those cases arose from gun possession by a felon.
In short, the Supreme Court did its job by announcing that the Second Amendment does not protect assault weapons—precisely because they are meant for the battlefield and are not “in common use at the time for lawful purposes.” Id. at 624-25, 627-28; Kolbe, 849 F. 3d at 131.
Heller won. Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion for the Supreme Court and stated that the Supreme Court interprets the Second Amendment to mean that every individual in America has a right to a firearm.
In the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held that 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."
If it's dangerous and unusual. usually meaning if it's mostly used by those who are intent on doing harm unlawfully, then they're not going to be protected. And the paradigmatic weapon there is a machine gun. So, machine guns, the Supreme Court has said, can be banned.
As Justice Scalia pointed out in Heller, a militia is, therefore, a "subset of 'the people. '" This, he argued, creates a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is an individual one that belongs to all Americans rather than a right only for those who serve in a militia.
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court indi- cated that self-defense is the “core” interest protected by the Second Amendment.
Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 2 – “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms” Amendment Two to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the right for Americans to possess weapons for the protection of themselves, their rights, and their property.