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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTime to return to this interpretation - United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/92/542/#:~:text=Cruikshank%2C%2092%20U.S.%20542%20(1875)&text=The%20right%20to%20keep%20and,Congress%20from%20infringing%20the%20right.Primary Holding
The right to keep and bear arms exists separately from the Constitution and is not solely based on the Second Amendment, which exists to prevent Congress from infringing the right.
The right to keep and bear arms exists separately from the Constitution and is not solely based on the Second Amendment, which exists to prevent Congress from infringing the right.
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Time to return to this interpretation - United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875) (Original Post)
Roland99
May 2022
OP
SO federal firearm bans are null & void? Oh boy. Well - let's get those states cooking, I guess.
BusterMove
May 2022
#2
"The Government of the United States ... can neither grant nor secure to its citizens
Hortensis
May 2022
#3
Bayard
(21,801 posts)1. Bookmarking
BusterMove
(11,996 posts)2. SO federal firearm bans are null & void? Oh boy. Well - let's get those states cooking, I guess.
"The Second Amendments means no more than that {the right to bear arms} shall not be infringed by Congress, and has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the National Government."
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. "The Government of the United States ... can neither grant nor secure to its citizens
rights or privileges which are not expressly or by implication placed under its jurisdiction. All that cannot be so granted or secured are left to the exclusive protection of the States."
And noting the Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.