{"id":89,"asset_id":"193","parent_id":"1","lft":null,"rgt":null,"level":"1","path":"2nd-amendment","extension":"com_content","title":"2nd Amendment","alias":"2nd-amendment","note":"sid15","description":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 24px; color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif;\">\r\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" style=\"color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #aaaaaa; width: auto; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.2em;\">Second Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/h1>\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; color: #000000;\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">The\u00a0<strong>Second Amendment<\/strong> (<strong>Amendment II<\/strong>) to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" title=\"United States Constitution\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">United States Constitution<\/a> is the part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Bill_of_Rights\" title=\"United States Bill of Rights\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">United States Bill of Rights<\/a> that protects the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms\" title=\"Right to keep and bear arms\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">right of the people to keep and bear arms<\/a>. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">In 2008 and 2010, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" title=\"Supreme Court of the United States\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Supreme Court<\/a> issued two Second Amendment decisions. In\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller\" title=\"District of Columbia v. Heller\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">District of Columbia v. Heller<\/a><\/em> (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia<sup id=\"cite_ref-0\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-0\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span>[<\/span>1<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span>[<\/span>2<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Additionally, the Court enumerated several longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession that it found were consistent with the Second Amendment.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-2\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span>[<\/span>3<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> In\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonald_v._Chicago\" title=\"McDonald v. Chicago\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">McDonald v. Chicago<\/a><\/em> (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits State and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.<sup id=\"cite_ref-nytimes.com_3-0\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-nytimes.com-3\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/p>","published":"1","checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"access":1,"params":"[]","metadesc":null,"metakey":null,"metadata":"[]","created_user_id":873,"created_time":null,"modified_user_id":"873","modified_time":"2020-05-16 01:52:10","hits":null,"language":"*","version":null}