2nd Amendment
The Supreme Court Bump Stock Case: Defeat for the “Deep State”
Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion for the Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill—the “bump stock firearms” case—may be more important for what it does not say than for what it does. On its face, Cargill granted a statutory victory to gun owners. Below that, however, it...
2nd Amendment: The Untold Truth Schools Don’t Teach
“Governments are afraid to trust the people with arms” James Madison was a student of history. And this quote, from Federalist 46 – is no exception. He recognized, like so many others in the founding generation, that the individual, natural right to self-defense...
New Mexico “Emergency” Gun Ban a Violation of the Right of Self Defense
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham’s “emergency” order banning the carrying of firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County is a violation of the natural rights of the people, and likely a violation of the state constitution as well....
The Incorporation Doctrine Waters Down the Second Amendment
Many people want the federal government to protect the right to keep and bear arms by applying the Second Amendment to the states and using it to limit state gun control. The problem with this strategy is that we almost always end up with a lower standard for the...