“Second Amendment to the United States Constitution” on The Daily Caller

Despite increases in gun sales, gun crimes continued to decrease in the United States for the fourth straight year in 2010, according to the FBI. (more)

Friday’s massacre at Norway’s Utoya youth camp proves the Scandinavian nation’s stringent gun laws have failed, say gun rights activists. (more)

In an Arizona Daily Star op-ed Sunday, President Obama called for “common sense” in re-examining the country’s firearms debate. But between significant players in the firearms debate, there still isn’t much “common” ground in their sense-making. (more)

Last March, when the Supreme Court was about to hear arguments over the Washington D.C. gun ban, President Obama made it clear that he felt the Second Amendment was an individual right, but one he believed was subject to local limitation.  He used the old “fire in a crowded theatre” argument to suggest that the same was true of the First Amendment, implying that virtually all of our unalienable rights could be limited by regional laws and plain old common sense. (more)

The National Rifle Association is in the process of educating the next generation of gun rights advocates, taking their message directly into the belly of liberal academia with their campus initiative, NRA University, or NRA U for short. (more)

The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Chicago’s handgun ban in McDonald v. City of Chicago will prove a landmark victory for gun rights. The Second Amendment, considered a dead letter for much of the twentieth century, now applies to the states as well as the federal government. (more)

What started out Wednesday as a discussion among experts about the Supreme Court’s recent rulings quickly turned into a debate about whether the current justices on the high court displayed activist tendencies or practiced judicial restraint. (more)

It’s that time of year when postcards from traveling friends and family arrive in our mailbox with pretty pictures of beaches and mountains and captions like “Land of a thousand lakes” or “We do everything big in Texas” under the photo of a giant cowboy. On the back of the card usually a few scribbled thoughts like “Wish you here.” (more)

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down Chicago’s gun law in the McDonald v. Chicago case was a significant victory for Second Amendment rights but it also exposed how tenuous our fundamental constitutional rights have become, and the extent to which our freedoms have eroded. (more)

I was at a town hall meeting back in Texas recently and a local man came up to me afterwards to talk about his concerns over where our country was headed, something to do with a fiery inferno and a hand basket.  As he was talking to me, I noticed his t-shirt: “I love my Bible,” with a picture of the Book; and “I love my guns,” with a picture of two Colt 45s.  Naturally they were in the right order; after all he was the local preacher. (more)

The Second Amendment succinctly and plainly states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” However, some state and local governments, such as Chicago, have implemented burdensome restrictions that prevent individuals from exercising this most basic right. The Supreme Court’s ruling on McDonald v. Chicago is more than a victory for gun rights activists; it is a victory for all Americans as the Supreme Court protects our God-given, constitutionally protected rights. (more)

The Supreme Court today ruled in McDonald v. Chicago that the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” does indeed apply to the states. In the 5-4 decision (with Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy in the majority), the court essentially reinforced the ruling in the D.C. v. Heller case two years ago, which declared Washington D.C.’s gun ban unconstitutional. Stephen Breyer was joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and John Paul Stevens in dissenting. (more)

A round-up of various reactions to the historic Supreme Court case, McDonald vs. City of Chicago, that extended gun owner rights across the country. (more)

Today marks a great moment in American history. This is a landmark decision. It is a vindication for the great majority of American citizens who have always believed the Second Amendment was an individual right and freedom worth defending. (more)

As the Kagan memos slowly begin to flutter out of the Clinton Library — despite the protests of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy — liberals and conservatives alike are finding things to dislike about the Supreme Court nominee. (more)

Following publication this week of an MSNBC.com report about the record number of American citizens who are now legally licensed to carry guns for personal protection, there should be little mystery remaining about why the gun prohibition lobby has lost so much traction and credibility in recent years. (more)

Legal observers, including respected policy experts, waited overnight on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to secure front-row seats for Tuesday’s arguments for McDonald v. Chicago, a seminal Second Amendment case. Gun rights advocates expect the case, to be decided in June, will expand the rights established in D.C. v. Heller to all 50 states and result in the overturning of Chicago’s strict handgun ban. (more)

What does it reveal about an organization’s philosophical extremes when it publicly slams a political figure the group embraced only months before, giving that politician a dismally failing grade? (more)

An excerpt from The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (more)