District of Columbia v. Heller

In 2008 a case was taken by the Supreme Court, that case was called Heller vs The District of Columbia. A special police officer whose name was Dick Anthony Heller had been in the service for awhile. Like all officers he was authorized to carry a handgun while on duty. Later that year he applied for a one-year license for a handgun he wished to keep at home, but his application was denied by the judge. Many cases has have to dealt with gun control, but many have not come in the favor of the…

The National Rifle Association, also known as the NRA, is a non-profit organization in the United States that advocates for gun rights. The NRA is a successful organization that has attracted many members from all across the country. According to the NRA foundation, the NRA is “widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world” (NRA). The…

Gun Control In recent historical times, gun control has been a largely debated topic in the United States. There are endless arguments on whether there should be gun control or not, floating around in mass media and almost all social medias. There should not be gun control because it would end up harming America and personal lives more than the other way around. People who support gun control generally do so because of the heightened amount of gun crimes, murders and tragedies in the recent…

Thank you all for coming to the presidential address. Today’s date is the 14th of December, 2016. Today marks the 4-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre that took place in Connecticut. We are gathered here to commemorate the lives lost on this day. The 28 lives lost, the 20 innocent children’s lives. Children who because of that man aren’t able to fulfill their potential. Aren’t able to live out their lives, aren’t able to contribute to society. For those unaware of the event, on the 14th…

United States 1980. This was a ruling that allows congress to restrict firearms to a certain group of people, in this case the group being restricted was convicted felons. Another landmark case was Distict of Columbia vs Heller in which the courts ruled that the second amendment guarantees an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. In addition, that this firearm can constitutionally be used as self-defense. Therefore, the court…

The system we rely on is failing us and not keeping guns out of the hands of high risk individuals. The five articles that I chose to use for my annotated bibliography were not to specific about certain gun laws. Some of the articles are helpful while others do not help my cause. Ethan McLeod’s article was the best one to help my thesis. He proves many of times that either the guns are stolen or the criminals go through the back ground checks to get through. Gun control laws and background…

Heller it was decided that guns could be used in self defense and that the Second Amendment gave people rights to own a firearm; those people were then obligated to decide which types of guns fit in the criteria of being useful and safe. For example, automatic…

CPL’s on Campus December, 14th, 2012, marks a day when the controversy of gun control, and CPL licences were brought to light by a tragic event. The children and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School, were completely unsuspecting of the tragedy that would strike that morning. When the students and teachers should have been celebrating that it was almost christmas break, instead they were locked in their classrooms in terror. As a man broke into the school, threatening all of their lives.…

District of Columbia vs. Heller District of Columbia vs. Heller was a groundbreaking case by the Supreme Court on the issue of an individuals’ right to possess a firearm. The two parties in the case were Dick Anthony Heller, the plaintiff and District of Columbia, the defendant. The issue in the case was: Does the District of Columbia’s prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home violate the 2nd Amendment? The background of this case is: The District of Columbia passes a law…

Students and children have limited first amendment rights which at times subjects them to unfair treatment . Students have also fought for their rights, and few have won, but the one that have succeeded have breathed new life into students rights. An example of this is in a fiction book called Nothing But the Truth. A boy named Philip Malloy found himself fighting for his rights after singing the national anthem in a disrespectful manner during his class, which caused a major disturbance. I…