The Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, is under attack from the culture and from liberal politicians. But it’s not all bad news. Some progress has been made in securing our 2A rights and whittling away at excessive restrictions.
Iowa recently passed a law legalizing ownership and use of suppressors. Iowa is the 42nd state to legalize suppressors.
Mississippi affirmed that an employee may not be fired for keeping a legally-owned firearm stored securely in a vehicle while at work.
A U.S. District Court struck down a ban on handguns in the Northern Mariana Islands (a U.S. territory). “And with that, the last official handgun ban in the US is thrown on the ash heap of history.”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that stun guns are protected by the Second Amendment, even though this type of weapon did not exist when the amendment was written. This ruling implies that firearms which did not exist at the time are also protected.
This summer, Idaho will become the ninth U.S. state to adopt Constitutional Carry laws.
The Mississippi legislature has approved a bill for Constitutional Carry. Once the House approves the revised Senate version, the bill will go to the governor for signature.
West Virginia overrode a governor veto to authorize constitutional carry in the State starting June 5th.
According to Wikipedia, Washington, D.C. technically had constitutional carry for about a day in 2015:
“On July 27, 2015, Washington DC became a constitutional carry jurisdiction for a brief moment when its ban on carrying a handgun was ruled unconstitutional and the ruling was not stayed. The ruling said that any resident who had a legally registered handgun could carry it without a permit and non-residents without felony convictions could carry as well. The ruling was then stayed on July 29, 2015.”
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
- Thoreau
