When the 2nd Amendment was written. the weapons were inaccurate flintlocks, not military grade, AR-15 assault weapons that blew apart the faces of victims, including children, in Allen, Texas.

In each case, defenders of gun rights have invoked the Second Amendment, the text that casts a long shadow across all discussions of guns in the U.S. At times, it seems to all but end such discussion.

The Second Amendment states, “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 right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. As the Supreme Court made clear in Justice Antonin Scalia’s 2008 majority opinion in District of Columbia v.Heller, it is “not a ...

Patch. Judge Rules Illinois Gun Ban Violates 2nd Amendment, Appeal Expected. ... PICA is an unconstitutional affront to the Second Amendment and must be enjoined," he said.

In the 2022 case New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. vs. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court said that state restrictions on the 2nd Amendment are legitimate only if they are deeply rooted in American ...