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10 Cards in this Set
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Two parts of 2nd amendment.
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-Well-regulated militia
-Keep and bear arms |
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militia
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group of citizens who defend their community as emergencies arise
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British King who used arms laws to prosecute Protestants
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James II
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British King who required gun smiths to keep strict records of gun sales
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Charles II
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According to Constitution Congress has the right to:
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-raise an army
-call forth a militia -forbid states from keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace |
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Collective Rights
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rights of the states to have militias; not the right of individuals to bear arms for their own self defense
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Individual Rights
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right of the people to bear arms; does not specifically protect rights of states
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Presser v. Illinois
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Supreme Court ruled that 2nd Amendment does NOT apply to the states
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United States v. Miller
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-1934
-Supreme Court say that requirement of sawed-off shotguns was NOT unconstitutional -Sawed-off shotgun does not have a "reasonable relationship" to a well-regulated milita |
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Quilici v. Morton Grove
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-2nd Amendment does NOT apply to states
-Banning guns from homes is NOT unconstitutional |
