DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CASE

District of Columbia v. Heller Constitutional Court Case

District of Columbia v. Heller Constitutional Court Case

Introduction

Under District of Columbia (D) law Handgun possession is banned. The law prohibits the registration of handguns and makes it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm. Furthermore all lawfully owned firearms must be kept unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock unless they are being used for lawful recreational activities or situated in a place of business.

The Second Amendment: A sacred right?

The second amendment concerns the right to keep and bear arms. The text itself says that the security of a free state and the right of citizens of that State to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The meaning of the Second Amendment itself was not discussed strongly up mostly of the last century, which has produced a series of court cases concerning the right to bear arms and exactly what rights the Second Amendment gives Americans. (Levy, 2010)

The interpretation of the Second Amendment, guarantees the free possession of a firearm. "As part of an organized militia," seems far from unanimous in the population but also the courts. In itself, the object of dissension among lawyers is in the collective or individual right, whether everyone has the opportunity to wear a firearm without being a party to an organized movement. To this end, the clearest illustration of the repeated happened. District of Columbia vs. Heller courts (and endorsed by District of Columbia vs. Heller considers the right to bear arms. Premier as a sacred right and proper to all American citizens "as well as it protects freedom of expression. By defining the same time the right to a weapon as a right full of the Bill of Rights, to protect the rights individual are included, the legal bodies locked in a sense, the debate the need to protect the individual port of firearms and restricted opportunities in legislate access. Thus, while the Constitution guarantees the right to freely possess a firearm fire on U.S. territory, nothing should hinder in any way. And it is on this basis that the NRA bases his entire approach.

The NRA, a powerful standard-bearer of the right to bear arms

Constitutional rhetoric linking the right to bear arms for the responsibilities of a "good citizen "U.S., namely the preservation and security of the nation, is essential for the activity the NRA. The speech of President of the organization is particularly revealing in this regard. He said a crucial mission rests with members: promote the right to bear arms through political means to protect the freedom of Americans "on behalf of a defense great nation "and its traditions. In the eyes of members of the NRA, the steps Business in Congress to regulate the carrying of weapons is therefore a logical to discredit the Constitution and to prevent "honest citizens "Enjoyment of rights conferred upon them by the constitutional text. Strong sense, the use of the concept of "Security" aims ...