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The U.S. supreme court has agreed to hear Heller V. District of Columbia, to determine if the Capital’s 1976 handgun ban is constitutional. This past spring, a lower court ruled 2-1 that the ban is in fact unconstitutional.
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Both the plaintiff (a security guard) and the defendant (the city) have both filed petitions to have the case heard.
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Legal experts are predicting that SCOTUS’s ruling on his case will set a strong precedent for any lower court rulings pertaining to the 2nd Amendment across the country. And don’t forget– the last time that SCOTUS has ruled on a 2nd Amendment case was back in 1939.
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The 2nd Amendment is surely one of the most well-known parts of the Constitution, yet there is still much confusion about what a “well-regulated militia” actually refers to. Many pro-control advocates would define this as referring to what is the present-day National Guard, while most mainstream legal types and strict constructionists maintain that the framer’s developed this amendment with the implicit goal of preserving citizen’s rights to protect the state (and themselves).
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While the possibility of a crisis that warrants civilians to take arms to protect the security and sovereignty of the nation might seem far fetched, I believe having a disarmed citizenry can pave the way for unprecedented government control and abuse.
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You don’t need to look too far back into the past to see the benefits of a neutralized public for a malevolent government. In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. Not long after, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Before then in 1911, Turkey cracked down on guns, and soon later, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves were rounded up an exterminated.
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This decision, which is expected in the early spring, will greatly affect cities across the nation with highly strict gun laws.
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You can read my previous post about the case here.