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Second Amendment Print For Gun Control In Harris
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The California law requires applicants to demonstrate “good cause” for carrying a weapon, like working in a job with a security threat — a restriction sharply attacked by gun advocates as violating the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The Second Amendment protects arms, not firearms,6 and in Heller, the Supreme Court defined an arm as any “weapon of offence” or “thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes into his hands,” that is “carried . . . for the purpose of 'offensive or defensive action.
The Second Amendment was written to protect Americans' right to establish militias to defend themselves, not to allow individual Americans to own guns; consequently, gun-control measures do not violate the U.S. Constitution.
Forty-four states have a provision in their state constitutions similar to the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms. The exceptions are California, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York.
In California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, the Supreme Court's decision invalidates laws requiring permit applicants to prove they have a special need to carry a concealed firearm.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the rights of gun owners to carry a loaded weapon in public, ruling that the 2nd Amendment right to “bear arms” overrides laws in New York and California that restrict who may legally take guns when they leave home.
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.
The Second Amendment was written to protect Americans' right to establish militias to defend themselves, not to allow individual Americans to own guns; consequently, gun-control measures do not violate the U.S. Constitution.
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It is a false choice to suggest that you either favor the Second Amendment OR want reasonable gun safety laws—we can do both. It's hard to reconcile Vice President Kamala Harris's friendly overtures to gun owners with the footage that recently emerged of a 2007 press conference.The vice president's ease with talking about both gun ownership and sensible regulation is a campaign asset. 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 Democratic presidential nominee owns a type of weapon whose sales are restricted in California under a handgun safety law. Vice President Kamala Harris called for stricter gun control laws during Thursday's gun violence event at the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz do not support mandatory gun confiscation and have strong records advocating for constitutional gun safety laws. A mass shooting at a Georgia high school in September thrust the issue of gun violence to the forefront of the presidential race. Harris, who oversees the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, has been a prominent voice for the Biden administration's gun policy.