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"The Constitution is the guiding instrument of American society, so it is not surprising that issues dealing with the document or its amendments command the highest level of attention ..."
"One of the more controversial provisions of the Constitution is the Second Amendment, which grants[sic] Americans the 'right to keep and bear arms.' ... [T]he amendment was implicated in Jennings v. McCraw, a lawsuit decided in Texas district court Thursday. The suit found the [NRA] denied in its attempt to overturn a Texas law barring 18- to 20-year-old Texans from carrying concealed weapons."
"Although the litigation focused on the legitimacy of a Texas state law, Jennings implicated questions of criminal and Constitutional interpretation. ..." ... |
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For, in principle, there is no difference between a law prohibiting the wearing of concealed arms, and a law forbidding the wearing such as are exposed; and if the former be unconstitutional, the latter must be so likewise. But it should not be forgotten, that it is not only a part of the right that is secured by the constitution; it is the right entire and complete, as it existed at the adoption of the constitution; and if any portion of that right be impaired, immaterial how small the part may be, and immaterial the order of time at which it be done, it is equally forbidden by the constitution. [Bliss vs. Commonwealth, 12 Ky. (2 Litt.) 90, at 92, and 93, 13 Am. Dec. 251 (1822) |
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