The Heller Decision’s ‘In Case of Confrontation’ Language Could Help Expand Gun Rights Still Further

By MarkPA There has been much debate about the Second Amendment grounded in several significant Supreme Court Decisions:  D.C. v. Heller, McDonald v. City of Chicago, and Caetano v. Massachusetts. But what do these decisions stand for? What do they portend for the future? This may develop from the proposition articulated in Heller: “. . … Read more

Post-Heller D.C. Handgun Purchase: $500 Plus Gun and Test

For decades, southern states and local governments prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote by requiring them to take a written test. While the exam material was sound—based on a knowledge of American government—the process was inherently discriminatory. Lower income, relatively uneducated blacks didn’t have a hope in hell of making the grade. Not to mention the test fee, which placed an additional economic burden on those who could least afford it. Eventually, the courts struck down the system as a deeply cynical “end run.” Flash forward to post-Heller-decision D.C., where the Capitol City has erected new barriers to handgun ownership. And here we go again . . .

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