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  2. Right to keep and bear arms in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Annual gun production in the U.S. has increased substantially in the 21st century, after having remained fairly level over preceding decades. [16] By 2023, a majority of U.S. states allowed adults to carry concealed guns in public. [16] U.S. gun sales have risen in the 21st century, peaking in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] "NICS" is ...

  3. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Heller (2008), the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that held the amendment protects an individual's right to keep a gun for self-defense. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] This was the first time the Court had ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a gun.

  4. Right to keep and bear arms - Wikipedia

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    The Bill of Rights 1689 allowed Protestant citizens of England to "have Arms for their Defense suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law." This restricted the ability of the English Crown to have a standing army or to interfere with Protestants' right to bear arms "when Papists were both Armed and Imployed contrary to Law" and established that Parliament, not the Crown, could regulate ...

  5. Supreme Court allows the carrying of firearms in public in ...

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    The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Constitution provides a right to carry a gun outside the home, issuing a major decision on the meaning of the Second Amendment.. The 6-3 ruling was the ...

  6. District of Columbia v. Heller - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms—unconnected with service in a militia—for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and ...

  7. Federal judge rules Oregon gun law doesn’t violate Second ...

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    But Immergut’s ruling maintains that while the Second Amendment does protect against “bearable arms” as listed in the US Constitution, large-capacity magazines are a “subset of magazines ...

  8. Gun reform groups urge Supreme Court to keep firearms away ...

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    A filing from a bipartisan group of gun owners, 97Percent, which advocates for gun reform measures, told the court that “nearly all gun owners possess and use guns responsibly, in contrast to ...

  9. Gun law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An individual right to own a gun for personal use was affirmed in Heller, which overturned a handgun ban in the federal District of Columbia. [15] In the Heller decision, the court's majority opinion said that the Second Amendment protects "the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home."