Sentences with phrase «second amendment gun»

Veteran Supreme Court advocate Alan Morrison has been fired and apparently won't be arguing on behalf of the District of Columbia this spring in the pivotal Second Amendment gun rights case D.C. V. Heller.

... Second Amendment gun ownership is sacred.

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«We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens,» Stack wrote.

A 2012 survey, for example, found that 84 % of NRA members believed that support for the Second Amendment goes hand in hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.

In 2000, he said he supported a ban on assault weapons and a longer waiting period to purchase a gun, but during his campaign, he has been a vocal proponent of Second Amendment rights and has said he will end gun - free zones.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

President Donald Trump emerged as an unlikely moderate on gun control on Thursday with a tweet that both urged a bill for additional gun regulation and demanded respect for the Second Amendment.

Diaz believes Republicans must look as if they care about keeping guns out of the hands of so - called homegrown extremists, while balancing issues of due process and the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms that form the backbone of the NRA's opposition to gun control.

POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don't want gun control,» Cox said.

The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21.

The second amendment is safe under President - elect Donald Trump — so why are gun stocks suffering?

Today's Republican politicians have shifted gears, adopting the increasingly absolutist view of the Second Amendment proffered by the gun lobby, which, in the Trump era, has itself become more ambitious.

But as a Republican president, perhaps the most pro-firearm chief executive in American history, Trump is, in theory, in a unique position to use his good standing with Second Amendment activists to make the case for gun reforms.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite what the research says.

The walk out was part of Will Riley's «Stand for the Second» event; a nationwide call to counter nonstop gun control campaigns with a walkout in support of the Second Amendment and our founding principles.

Stack, who said he is a gun owner and a Second Amendment supporter, did not discuss the bottom - line impact of the company's new policies.

Supporters of the Second Amendment gathered at state capitals and in city centers on Saturday, hoping to counter hundreds of thousands who rallied for stricter gun laws.

Kashuv has never touched a gun, he told me, but said, «I am super conservative on the Second Amendment because I realize that the Second Amendment protects all the other amendments.»

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Advocates for gun rights have long argued that the Second Amendment is a necessary barrier to prevent full - scale confiscation of firearms, which they see as the end goal of many gun control measures.

Particularly in light of the Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban and found Americans had an individual right to a firearm — a 5 - 4 decision in which Stevens wrote the primary dissenting opinion — Stevens called the Second Amendment a barrier to «constructive gun control legislation.»

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

As Parkland gun control activists and their surrogates mock the idea of arming teachers, march for gun bans in D.C., and call for new gun controls via Twitter, they risk driving Americans toward the Second Amendment instead of away from it.

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Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) is pushing to end Citibank's federal contract after the finance giant adopted new gun policies that do not respect the Second Amendment.

Actor Michael Ian Black took to Twitter on Sunday, a day after thousands of students marched in favor of gun control, and claimed that a solution to gun - related violence is «to repeal and replace and the Second Amendment.»

Ron DeSantis, a leading Republican candidate for governor and self - described «big Second Amendment guy,» says he would have vetoed the historic Florida gun - control law passed in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, who endorsed a range of gun - control measures in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas school massacre, is getting a Republican primary challenger who pledges to «defend the Second Amendment» and serve as an «unwavering partner» to President Donald Trump.

While Dick's supports the Second Amendment, gun violence is an epidemic, Stack wrote.

But 18 Republicans voted against it over objections to gun control measures they believe violate the Second Amendment.

In Boston, about 20 protesters favoring gun control confronted a small clutch of Second Amendment supporters in front of the State House.

But it also means that gun rights activists have started to ramp up the rhetoric on how liberals supposedly want to take away people's guns and infringe on the Second Amendment.

«I have read the Second Amendment, and I find no mention there of any right to possess any gun more advanced than an 18th - century musket...» — Stephen Prothero

I am all for the second amendment (gun) to make sure the religious lunitics don't touch the first amendment...

Fourth of all, gun control is not the same thing as taking away your Second Amendment rights.

For those of you who think Jones is a hazard because he carries a gun, I suggest that you consider how he's legally exercising both his First and Second Amendment rights.

He is also an advocate of the Second Amendment, allowing and encouraging students to carry guns on campus following last year's attack in San Bernardino, California.

One of the pieces of legislation that seems like a no - brainer is sometimes called the «One Handgun a Month» law, which would not get in the way of the Second Amendment right to bear arms but simply says maybe 12 guns a year are enough.

What is next, will they be putting a gun against their head and pulling the trigger just to show they stand up for the Second Amendment?

In spite of some who insist the Second Amendment is drawn from the Bible, there is no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.

My position on guns is that the second amendment does grant people the right to bear arms but this right is not unlimited.

The SAFE Act, a package of gun control measures that was approved in 2013 in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, remains a signature hallmark of Cuomo's tenure and a controversial one, especially for Second Amendment supporters and upstate residents.

Modern Conservatives are very supportive of the Second Amendment and the US has the highest gun ownership in the world both in numbers and per capita (350 million guns compared to a population of 330 million citizens).

But even though the 5 - 4 majority ruling makes an intellectual end run around the language of the Second Amendment to get to their ruling, they very clearly state that society (government, convened to collectively protect us from what we can't protect ourselves from as individuals) has the right to, and legitimate interest in controlling gun ownership, in several specific ways.

When it comes to our Second Amendment rights, Brindisi will side with liberal gun - grabbers in Washington like Nancy Pelosi,» said Raychel Renna, Campaign Manager for Claudia Tenney for Congress.

Even with the second amendment and widespread gun ownership, elimination of the exclusionary rule in the United States would allow police a much greater ability to control crime.

But there are limits on gun ownership today, so I don't see where exactly the line is on regulation that is allowed by the second amendement and which kind of regulations would violate the second amendment.

In a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds baAmendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds baamendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back then).

Minutes after Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a historic gun control bill Friday, the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit alleging that the new law violates the Second Amendment because it raises the sales age for guns from 18 to 21.