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The interpretation of the Second Amendment as protecting a collective, militia-based right to bear arms.
Yes — there is no single federal prohibition that universally bars people from carrying loaded ; instead the law is a patchwork: some states and localities expressly ban weapons at demonstrations or o...
whether firearms may be carried at protests, and a patchwork of statutes, court rulings, and local rules yields conflicting totals and rules: one advocacy tracker counts 16 states that bar concealed o...
Liberals typically prioritize individual autonomy, arguing for legal access to abortion and for more regulation of firearms; conservatives typically prioritize fetal life and constitutional or individ...
and uses it to intimidate or brandish can face a range of criminal statutes at both federal and state levels, from local “brandishing” and menacing laws to more serious federal firearms offenses where...
The phrase is a politically charged, legally variable label rather than a single technical firearm category: common dictionary and government treatments use it to mean semi‑automatic firearms patterne...
Democratic lawmakers at both state and federal levels are prioritizing a package of that include bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, restrictions on “ghost guns,” expanded red-flag la...
makes it a crime to possess firearms in most facilities — a category that includes federal courthouses, and buildings — subject to narrow statutory exceptions and agency rules; the governing statute i...