Should the D.C. Handgun Ban Have Been Overturned?

• “Yes”

  

  “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is Fundamental”

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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is Fundamental

Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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The Second Amendment of the Constitution is a cornerstone of the Bill of Rights, a guarantee that the right of the people – individual citizens – to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Even accepting the argument that any civil right is subject to “reasonable regulation,” even Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that an outright ban is not “reasonable.”

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Second Amendment Foundation Amicus Brief in D.C. v Heller

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"Yes" CCRKBA

• The Gun Ban Didn't Reduce Crime
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• The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is Fundamental
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• Appeals Court Already Explained Why the Ban is Unconstitutional
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"Yes" NRA

• It’s Time to Recognize Citizens’ Constitutional Rights
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• When the Police Can’t Protect You, the Second Amendment Should
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• Citizens Can, and Do, Use Guns to Defend Themselves
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"Yes" Gun Owners of America

• DC’s Gun Ban Endangers City Residents
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• The Police are Not Obliged to Protect the People
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• DC was Denying Citizens Their Constitutional Rights
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"Yes" Stop Handgun Violence

• The Supreme Court Decision is the Best of Both Gun-Worlds
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"No" LCAV

• The Court Disregarded Nearly 70 Years of Legal Precedent
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• The Court Selectively Reviewed History
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• The 2nd Amendment Right is Not Unlimited
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• D.C.’s Law Was Proportionate to the Problem of Handgun Violence
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• Firearms Regulation is Alive and Well in the United States
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"No" States United to Prevent Gun Violence

• The Times and Guns are Different
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