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Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Answers Questions on Second Amendment
Last week, the President’s nominee to replace former Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, answered questions on his views on gun rights litigation in his second day of hearings, last week. The first to bring up the subject in the 11-hour event was Judiciary Committee Chair, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of…
Read MoreEpisode 1: Why Gun Owners Are Facing Felonies When They Prevent Crimes
Do you see yourself as someone who would intervene to stop a crime? We’ve been studying the potential legal consequences that can come when gun owners cross a very simple and hard that can get them charged with felonies.
Read MoreSupreme Court Justice and Gun Advocate Antonin Scalia Dies
Antonin was a long time advocate for the second amendment and wrote the decision in the D.C. V. Heller case in 2008. The most significant ruling on guns in the last decade, the supreme court ruled, in a 5/4 vote, that the constitution protects an individual’s rights to own a firearm for personal use.
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