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Lummis, Colleagues File Court Brief Defending Second Amendment Right to Carry
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By
Ron Richter
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming filed a court brief with 24 of her Senate colleagues defending the constitutional right to carry firearms outside one’s home. According to a media release from the Senator’s office, the amicus – or friend of the court – brief was filed in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. Lummis and her colleagues argue that New York laws that make it extremely difficult to carry a firearm outside the home violate the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms.
New York law does not allow firearms to be carried outside the home without a license, then makes it challenging for law-abiding citizens to obtain that license. The senators emphasize that, by including the right to bear arms in the Constitution, the Founding Fathers made a policy choice and explicitly removed the ability from state and federal legislators to second-guess that choice. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case this fall.
ray olson
July 30, 2021 at 7:53 am
What the 2nd amendment guarantees is the right to join the national guard. Why doesn’t any one read the whole thing anymore? Seriously- it’s not that long.
Mak Kells
July 30, 2021 at 8:28 am
Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Don’t see anything about the national guard, but I do see in part, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
Short, simple and clear.
Not a “living” statement as some would claim.
Scott Thomas
July 30, 2021 at 9:01 am
Besides your apparent disregard for personal freedom and individual rights, perhaps you would benefit by taking a remedial reading course yourself.
ray olson
July 30, 2021 at 11:16 am
Then why can’t I own a thermonuclear device-and saying a well regulated militia clearly implies that “regulation” is imposed by the government. By the way, I own several guns that I use for hunting – I have never felt the need to strut around trying to intimidate a peaceful BLM protest with an imitation weapon of war. The right to bear arms is infringed at any number of levels-as it should be, and since you don’t appear to be familiar with the terms “militia” or “regulation” perhaps a referral to a tutor would be of use to you.
Thomas Jones
July 30, 2021 at 1:09 pm
Sure, ray, if you could afford one.
The 2A isnt about hunting, ray, its about having the ability to overthrow a tyrannical govt. Peaceful BLM protest? Is that before or after the violence, arson, and vandalism?
ray olson
July 30, 2021 at 4:50 pm
Where was the violence in Sheridan? And the second amendment clearly was not about enabling the people to resist the government- please revisit the Whiskey Rebellion or , for that matter,. the Civil War.
Bill Ackerley
July 30, 2021 at 8:33 am
Good job, Lummis. We still have a Constitution in this country.
Fred Osborn
July 30, 2021 at 9:59 am
But only according to what,and how,the right wants it.
Thomas Jones
July 30, 2021 at 1:10 pm
…or how the extremists on the left want it?
Thomas Jones
July 30, 2021 at 1:07 pm
This shouldnt even be necessary. The 2A is a God given civil right.
ray olson
July 30, 2021 at 5:41 pm
God given? I”m not a Biblical scholar but I don’t recall a single reference to guns in the Bible. Lot’s of smiting and the slingshot- but no guns. Are you suggesting that the Bible is a living document as opposed to the Bill of rights that was cast in stone? Think you’re on shaky theological ground here.
Mark Steingass
July 30, 2021 at 2:51 pm
I don’t think our forefathers had any inclination Americans would be killing Americans (especially law abiding innocent Americans) in such high numbers of fatalities
Thomas Jones
July 31, 2021 at 9:56 am
So it was just recently that Americans have been killing Americans in large numbers? Did you forget about the civil war, and other rebellions that happened in our countries history? The forefathers didnt just sit around watching teevee all day, and playing with their cell phones. They had a lot of time to think about the ramifications of the 2A.