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District of Columbia v. Heller

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Name: District of Columbia v. Heller

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Constitutional scholar to discuss gun control, healthcare, elections

Robert Levy from the Cato Institute will lead a public policy debate focusing on gun control, healthcare and election finances at 6 p.m. June 20 at the USDA: Agricultural Extension Center, at 589 Raccoon Road in Waynesville. The event is free and open ... [Published Mountaineer Publishing Company - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Robert Levy, Gun Control, Health Care, Cato Institute

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

UCLA

UCLA faculty experts advisory: Gun control and the Santa Monica shootings

Adam Winkler, professor of law, is a constitutional law specialist whose scholarship has touched on a variety of issues, including the Second Amendment. He is the author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America," which comes out ... [Published UCLA News - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Gun Control, UCLA, Second Amendment, District of Columbia v. Heller, City of Chicago

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Cato Institute

A Brief Civil Liberties Quiz

Featuring Alan Gura, Gura & Possessky, Lead Counsel, District of Columbia v. Heller; Robert Levy, Chairman, Cato Institute, Co-counsel, District of Columbia v. Heller; Clark Neily, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice, Co-counsel, District of Columbia ... [Published Cato Institute - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: District of Columbia v. Heller, Alan Gura, Cato Institute

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Grassroots Alert: Vol. 20, No. 22 05/31/2013

Since the Supreme Court's decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), some anti-gun politicians have resurrected a decades-old idea: If you can't ban guns, why not tax them so heavily that no ordinary person ... [Published NRA-ILA - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Mary Cheh, District of Columbia v. Heller, City of Chicago

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Do magazine bans require the Supreme Court to ignore D.C. v. Heller?

WASHINGTON, May 31,2013 ― Could banning a gun magazine undermine the U.S. Supreme Court? Possibly. Why? That comes down to the court?s ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller. In Heller, the court?s ruling turned on the possession and use of modern handguns ... [Published Washington Times - May 31 2013]

Entities: Common Use, Supreme Court, Second Amendment

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 2 reports

National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media Briefing With Dick Heller, Litigant in District of Columbia v. Heller

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dick Heller, the litigant in District of Columbia v. Heller – which resulted in the landmark 2008 Supreme Court decision affirming the individual's right to own firearms – will appear at a National Press Club Newsmakers news ... [Published Sys-Con Canada - May 28 2013]

Entities: District of Columbia v. Heller, Second Amendment, Gun Control, Supreme Court

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Richard Mazzucchi - Positive Point: Up in arms about the right to...

This is the second column in my series discussing the rights guaranteed to all citizens by the first ten amendments to the United States constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. The second amendment is a simple sentence with particularly complex ... [Published Red Bluff Daily News - May 28 2013]

Entities: Second Amendment, Los Molinos (United States), Individual Self-Defense, Self-Defense

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

No resolution in sight in debate on gun-control laws

_ The Second Amendment received considerable attention as lawmakers sought stricter gun regulations in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., tragedy. But while the amendment can fit easily on a notecard (A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the ... [Published Delaware Online - May 27 2013]

Entities: Second Amendment, Antonin Scalia, judges, Gun Control

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

LETTER: Wasting Time And Money Challenging New Gun Law

Regarding "Connecticut Sued Over New Gun Law" [May 23, Connecticut]: The key issue in a lawsuit being raised by a coalition of gun dealers, owners and gun lobbies that claims the state's new gun law violates the Constitution and citing once again Second ... [Published Hartford Courant - May 24 2013]

Entities: Gun Laws, Second Amendment, District of Columbia v. Heller, Antonin Scalia

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy

Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's ... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 24 2013]

Entities: Gun Laws, Second Amendment, Antonin Scalia, State's Attorney, United States v. Miller

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Lead to a better balancing

Representative Dan Benishek recently shared in the paper his views on firearms, a subject of considerable discussion across the country these days.He spoke up forcefully for northern Michigan, noting that the responsible use of guns for sport and hunting ... [Published The Daily News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Firepower, Second Amendment, Rate of Fire, Marketplace, District of Columbia v. Heller

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 2 reports

Supreme Court Ducks Key Second Amendment Issue -- For Now

Ilya Shapiro Alas this morning the Supreme Court declined to review Kachalsky v. Cacace the challenge to New York City’s effective ban on carrying firearms (which I’ve previously discussed ). To correct some early media reports, this does not mean ... [Published Cato @ Liberty - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, District of Columbia v. Heller, Richard Posner

Quotes

"When people fear the government - that is tyranny; but when government fears the people - that is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Re: “Gun Rights, Healthcare and the Constitution” with CATO Institute" [Published Mountaineer Publishing Company - Jun 18 2013]

"In times like these, we must discuss ways to preserve freedom. Rights are being trampled upon," said Lynda Bennett, tea party executive. "Many legal questions stem from the invasion of privacy such as emails being spied upon, phones being tapped and the IRS targeting people to prevent them from expressing their beliefs."

Constitutional scholar to discuss gun control, healthcare, elections [Published Mountaineer Publishing Company - Jun 15 2013]

...parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical to make sure everybody plays by the rules."

'Roberts Court' useful, though not too revelatory [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 14 2013]

...He is the author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America" which comes out in paperback this summer. His work has been cited in opinions issued in McDonald v...

UCLA faculty experts advisory: Gun control and the Santa Monica shootings [Published UCLA News - Jun 14 2013]

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'Roberts Court' useful, though not too revelatory [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 14 2013]
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Robert L. Cavnar: Gun Violence in America: The ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 10 2013]
A Brief Civil Liberties Quiz [Published Cato Institute - Jun 06 2013]
Grassroots Alert: Vol. 20, No. 22 05/31/2013 [Published NRA-ILA - Jun 01 2013]
Second Amendment gets first billing at City Cou... [Published Statesman Examiner - May 31 2013]
Do magazine bans require the Supreme Court to i... [Published Washington Times - May 31 2013]
National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media B... [Published Sys-Con Canada - May 28 2013]
National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media B... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 28 2013]
National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media B... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 28 2013]
Richard Mazzucchi - Positive Point: Up in arms ... [Published Red Bluff Daily News - May 28 2013]
Refresher: Highlights of the federal court's co... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 28 2013]
No resolution in sight in debate on gun-control... [Published Delaware Online - May 27 2013]
LETTER: Wasting Time And Money Challenging New ... [Published Hartford Courant - May 24 2013]
Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy [Published Baltimore Sun - May 24 2013]
Lead to a better balancing [Published The Daily News - May 22 2013]
Brady Center sues Nelson [Published Cherokee Ledger-News Online - May 22 2013]
Georgia City Demands That Residents Buy Guns [Published Courthouse News Service - May 21 2013]
Fifty-five Sheriffs in Colorado File Suit Over ... [Published PRWeb - May 21 2013]
How A New Gun Could Make Anyone A Sharpshooter [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013]
Five Pennsylvania State Schools Now Allowing St... [Published Think Progress - May 14 2013]
Ask the author: Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court [Published SCOTUSblog - May 10 2013]
Why Gun Owners Don't Trust Obama—Even When They... [Published REASON Online - May 02 2013]

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How A New Gun Could Make Anyone A Sharpshooter [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013] (Credit: NPR) A gun that went on the market on Wednesday could transform anyone into the deadliest of snipers, even if they’ve barely shot a gun before obtaining this new rifle. NPR reported on the weapon in question: “It’s called the TrackingPoint ...
Five Pennsylvania State Schools Now Allowing St... [Published Think Progress - May 14 2013] (Credit: AP) Five of Pennsylvania’s state universities — Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and Millersville — will now allow students to carry firearms at school , due to advice from attorneys in the governor’s office and state higher ...
Ask the author: Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court [Published SCOTUSblog - May 10 2013] The following is a series of questions posed by Ronald Collins on the occasion of the publication of Marcia Coyle’s The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (Simon & Schuster, May 2013). Ms. Coyle is the Chief Washington Correspondent ...
Why Gun Owners Don't Trust Obama—Even When They... [Published Hit & Run - May 02 2013] <p><img alt="" height="206" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/jsullum/2013_05/obama-firing-shotgun.jpg?h=206&w=275" title="Some question his aim.\|\|\|White House" width="275" style="float: right;"/>The latest New York Times/CBS News poll ...
People Who Love the Second Amendment Hate the C... [Published The Moderate Voice - Apr 23 2013] Shutterstock It’s almost axiomatic at this point that those who most loudly decry violations of the second amendment will gladly sacrifice nearly any other amendment for the sake of national security. The most recent example of this principle is ...

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National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media B... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 28 2013]