Sentences with phrase «gun ownership rights»

However, expungement does not normally remove collateral consequences, because expungement does not restore lost gun ownership rights or terminate a sex offender registration obligation.

Importantly, the Court did not overturn existing precedent that some in the camp favoring a limit to gun ownership rights point to as an indication that the militia clause is important, but rather found a way to uphold that precedent by clarifying its interpretation.

Basing gun ownership rights on mental health state is controversial because mental illness is still a stigma in our society and as most are illnesses are on a spectrum, often subjective as to severity.

Basing gun ownership rights on the watch list is controversial because the watch list is often incorrect.

Not exact matches

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.

I am not against gun ownership, the right to bear arms, etc..

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.

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 back then).

As far as I understand, the part about the well regulated milita is not considered to be necessary today, and the second amendment guarantees a right to gun ownership for self - defense.

Depending on what nation you're in, gun ownership can be considered a civil right.

When my convention starts, if people I don't agree with are organized and motivated, many state delegations could be packed with people who want to alter so «ONLY Corporations And Fetuses are People,» «Private gun ownership of any type of Firearm is an Inalienable Right» and «Citizens must Show a Positive Net Worth of at least 500,000 US Dollars in order to be allowed to vote.»

Sparaco and Schoenberger persuade Rockland County Democrats to defy King Cuomo and stand up for the people's right to bear arms BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Hundreds of citizens who believe in the rights and tradition of gun ownership were pleasantly surprised at the results of Tuesday's meeting of the Rockland County Legislature.

Conservatives (in the US) oppose gun control because they favor the semi-historical viewpoint of rugged individualism of the Wild West, and they respect the traditions of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees the right to bear arms, and they want to maintain the status quo of not prohibiting / controlling gun ownership.

- is virulently against private gun ownership - is a HUGE supporter of quotas and racial set asides (yet decries racism)- is pro DC voting rights / statehood - is very much pro-choice - is against the death penalty - favors raising taxes (and letting Bush's expire), not cutting spending - favors a nationalized health care plan

He has defended his views on gun rights, saying firearm ownership in rural states like his is largely associated with hunting, and he understands gun violence is a separate issue altogether in urban America.

Excerpt: «The ownership of guns is a sporting and personal right that will never be taken away.

With our right to gun ownership under constant attack from the left, we can trust Steve Allison to defend that right.

Throughout the world, the society is divided into two groups: one fight for the constitutional protection of the right to own guns; another one is against the gun ownership among the general population because they are afraid for their security.

The same people who complain that America has a gun problem are also the ones defending it in entertainment but lambast anyone who defends their own right of ownership.

Berman's post also indirectly responds to Scott Greenfield's question about how we can justify felon gun possession laws if handgun ownership is a fundamental right.

If you think this line of argument seems silly, would someone please explain how this law is any different from the proposals of the so - called «gun grabbers» to require law - abiding gun owners to register their weapons, and to restrict the right to ownership of certain kinds of weapons that are clearly designed only to kill human beings on an industrial scale?

No life is worth the right to ownership of these guns.