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. Our analysis shows that even after Bruen, courts are upholding state, federal, and local gun laws against Second Amendment challenges.Many Americans support the right to bear arms but also believe the government has the right to regulate firearms in the interest of public safety. , THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS (Comm. The primary author of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was James Madison. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), reshaped decades of Second Amendment precedent and jurisprudence. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to take another look at challenges to several federal and state firearms restrictions. When firearm regulation is challenged under the Second. City of Chicago, the Court held that the Second Amendment applies to the states via selective incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment. When firearm regulation is challenged under the Second.