>active shooter situation
I feel like active shooters shouldn't be a situation in a school in the first place.
I feel like active shooters shouldn't be a situation in a school in the first place.
We live in the real world, plan accordingly. Your feelings about it don't matter.
Could you explain what’s “difficult” about “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED?”
It appears to be pretty clear cut to me. I’m not sure how anyone can conclude the opposite.
There's similar language in the other amendments in the bill of rights, "Congress shall make no laws" in the First Amendment for example, where we have and accept some limitation on those rights.
Does the "well regulated militia" clause imply an individual right to bear arms or only that the Federal government can't make laws to disarm recognized militias?
Ultimately in the US system it doesn't really matter what you or I think a particular phrase means the only opinion that matters directly is that of the majority of the Supreme Court. Even the current Court's interpretation of 2A accepts there are reasonable restrictions on gun rights they just need to be similar or comparable to restrictions around the founding.
Which years specifically before the NRA lobbied for the last 30 years? Anything before 1990? Please be specific.
1875 - US v Cruikshank. Held that states have the ability to regulate firearms independent of the Federal government.
1939 - US v Miller. Held that the "obvious purpose" of the 2nd Amendment was insuring effective state militias. Specifically insisting that only those guns usable in militia service and held for the purpose of militia service were protected by the Second Amendment.
Until DC v Heller in 2008, this was all settled law.
Until 1977, the NRA was focused mostly on firearms safety education, recreational shooting/hunting, and marksmanship/sportsmanship. A group of right-wingers took over at the 1977 annual convention and by 1980 was solely focused on expanding the 2nd Amendment and more importantly, financing candidates who would oppose any gun control. Reagan was the first president ever endorsed by the organization, and within a decade the NRA had tremendous influence on the Republican Party. And they funded an incredible amount of legal "scholarship" attempting to shore up the sandy foundations of their 2nd Amendment interpretation.