General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Just an observation about "Stand your Ground" and how utterly regressive it is [View all]safeinOhio
(37,601 posts)Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a
firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
2. Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, con-
cealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Courts opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of fire-
arms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms. Millers holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those
in common use at the time finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
Nothing about SYG(open season on minorities). Nothing about handguns outside the home.
Looks like cities can control handguns outside the home, also mentioned by Scalia in Chicago. So, as long as citizens of major cities support mayors that want to control handguns within their cities, they are not violating the Constitution, according to Scalia.
According to Hellor "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.". This is despite what you and the NRA Zealots think the Constitution "means".