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The decisions
of the Supreme Court are beautifully thought out works of logic
and reason (usually). In exquisite detail, the highest
court of the land has interpreted our rights under the Second
Amendment—and while some people have taken lately to belittling
those freedoms, the High Court has recognized an individual
right to arms in America for more than two centuries. The "news" media has it wrong, read the cases and see.
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the bottom line: the Supreme Court has recognized an individual right to keep and bear arms, consistently, for 200 years. The Court has upheld the legal
tradition and historical record of private individual gun ownership, self
defense, and armed self defense, since the country began.
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not been quiet on the subject, and they have not disparaged
individual rights—the days of saying that are now over.
The High Court could change its mind of course, but only by
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Partial Contents:
"About the Supreme Court's Gun Cases" by Alan Korwin
"The Supreme Court's 35 Other Gun Cases" by
David B. Kopel
"Insider's Guide to Winning Gun Cases in Federal Court" by Stephen
P. Halbrook
"Gun Guarantees in Individual State Constitutions" by Prof. Eugene
Volokh
Supreme Court Gun Cases is a good read thanks to the
plain-English gists with each case—you’ve got mutinies,
lovers climbing through bedroom windows, Wild West shootouts,
mob ambushes, drunken brawls, cattle rustlers, drug busts, family feuds, international
criminals—if you threw this much into a novel your agent
would say you were nuts. But this is all real!
Typical entry from the Descriptive Index
Alberty v. United
States • 1896 • 162 U.S. 499 • p.231
If a husband sees another man trying to get into his wife’s
room window at night is it natural for him to investigate further
[YES]; Is the husband under a duty to retreat when attacked
with a knife under such circumstances [NO]; May the husband
use only as much force as is necessary to repel the assault
[YES]; If in an ensuing confrontation the husband shoots and
kills the other man, then flees, must his flight in and of itself
be seen as evidence of his guilt [NO].
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or own a gun." Joe Arpaio, "America's Toughest Sheriff"
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"While the Supremes have directly acknowledged the Second
Amendment
as an individual right, this new book unearths 92 gun-related
cases where
the High Court upheld, among other things, armed self-defense
of person,
family and community—the heart of the Second Amendment.
The synopsis of the Miller case is the best I have ever
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Survivor of Luby's Massacre and Mother
"This book proves what NRA has been saying all along—
the Second Amendment protects an individual's right
to keep and bear arms—a freedom existing before America's
founding and enshrined in our Bill of Rights." Wayne R. LaPierre
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McDonald v. Chicago, The 2010 Sup. Ct. case that tests "incorporation" --
are individual states obligated to obey the Second Amendment, under
the principles in the 14th Amendment "Due Process" or especially
its "Privileges or Immunities" clause. The Court says "YES," all states
are obligated to obey the Second Amendment, under Due Process
protection (not under P or I). Chicago's total ban
on handguns must fall,
and broad principles of liberty should flourish. Chicago subsequently does
everything it can to subvert and avoid the consequence of this decision,
to keep its residents unarmed, and spurs new lawsuits and wrangling.
A truly crucial, landmark case.
Oral argument: March 2, 2010.
Decision issued June 2010.
Standard for inclusion: If guns are mentioned in any fashion, or if the Second Amendment is mentioned or quoted in whole or in part in a published opinion, the case is included in the tally. Posting date: Nov. 16, 2010.
Allen v. U.S., 1896
Allen v. U.S., (these two Allen cases pre-date Allen, 64 U.S. 492) 1896
Hickory v. U.S., 151 US 303, (murder) 1894
NY v. Quarles, 467 U.S. 649, (Creates an “emergency” exception to Miranda) 1984
U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598, (drugs for guns) 2000
The cases above were omitted from the original tally of 92 gun-related cases in SCGC; they were uncovered after the original book’s release. The cases below were decided after the book’s 2003 release date. The first three are included in the subsequent book The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmedfrom Bloomfield Press.
Brosseau v. Haugen, 543 U.S. 194, (Justifiable police use of force) 2004
Small v. U.S., 544 U.S. 385, (No loss of rights from Japanese court conviction) 2005
Castle Rock v. Gonzalez, 545 U.S. 748, (Police have no duty to protect person) 2005
Watson v. U.S., 552 U.S. 74 (drugs for guns) 2007
D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. ___, 07-290, (Individual right protected under 2A) 2008
U.S. v. Hayes, 07-608, (Domestic Violence). 2009
AZ v. Johnson, 07-1122, (concerning frisk) 2009
McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. ___, 08-1521, (2A applies to states via Due Process) 2010
Berghuis v. Thompkins, 08-1470, (Miranda must be verbalized and explicit) 2010
Abbott v. U.S., 09-479, (Minimum §924c sentence for gun with drug crime) 2010
92 cases in Supreme Court Gun Cases, plus these 15, equals 107 total cases.
