The Case Of Statled Amendments In The State Of Colorado

Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm to use for lawful purposes, such as defending oneself within their home/property. The court case ruled that the Amendment was not connected to service in a militia (Constitution). Handgun possession is banned under District of Columbia law. This law prohibits the registration of handguns and makes it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm; additionally, 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 located in a place of business.

Each state gets to determine if they will allow concealed weapons. If the state does permit concealed carry then people have to go through a long process before they can receive their concealed weapons permit. A person must first fill out the application, then "State police post the names to a private website for local law enforcement agencies to review and object to if police feel there

The question of banning or permitting concealed guns evokes many more questions. According to Lott (2013), when the state legislative hearings were processed about concealed-handgun laws, the most usual concerns involved the problem of armed citizens who may possibly attack each other in the affected state that could follow car accidents, or even may accidentally shoot a dutiful police officer. However, the author argues, the evidence does not show the grounds for such fears: although 31 states have already had such concealed-handgun laws for many decades, there was only one case of a concealed handgun used in a shooting after a traffic accident. Moreover, that incident involved self-defense (Lott, 2013, p. 13).

With having many different keywords and phrases in our society this can also show how each state takes the second amendment into their own hands. The states I found had the most interesting gun laws are New York, New Mexico, and Texas. These three states have very different gun laws. New York residents do not have to have a permit to purchase any rifles or shotguns but handguns do need a permit. The permit application has great depth when applying. “The applicant must have good moral character, at least 21 years of age, clean criminal record, and no history or evidence of mental illness or addiction to drugs and or alcohol. Although these are the laws in New York, the urban areas in New York are allowed to adopt their own policies and laws if their population exceeds 100,000 people (Laws 3).” New Mexico has very weak gun laws with very few regulations on concealed weapons. There is no permit required to purchase rifles, shotguns, handguns, or pistols. The residents of New Mexico are not required to have registration on rifles, shotguns, handguns, or pistols. The residents do not have to have a license. There are no permits required under the concealed carry law to carry a rifle or shotgun. On the other hand, concealed handguns or pistols must have a permit to carry. The resident must be

Secondly, we should have the right to conceal one at all times for safety reasons. According to “Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?” “States that implemented ‘shall-issue’ concealed carry laws reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7%, and robbery by 3%, according to a 2000 analysis of FBI crime data by economist and political commentator John R. Lott Jr., PhD. Lott calculated that 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults, and 12,000 robberies could have been prevented between 1977 and 1992 if concealed carry had been legal in every US state during that time period. In addition, a 2013 peer-reviewed study in Applied Economic Letters, found that between 1980 and 2009, ‘states with more restrictive CCW (carrying concealed weapons) laws had gun-related murder rates that were 10% higher.’Detroit Chief of Police Larry Craig said permitted concealed weapons are ‘a deterrent,’ and ‘Good Americans with CPLs (concealed permit licenses) translates into crime reduction.’ A 2013 survey of 15,000 current and retired police officers found that 91.3% support the concealed carry of guns by civilians.” Crime numbers reduced when states allow citizens to conceal a weapon at all times, while states that made it difficult to conceal a gun saw the crime rates jack up. We should be able to carry concealed weapons to stop crime in its tracks.

This topic has been debated in “town-hall” debates, local municipalities, and even as far up as the Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court refused to rule one way or another for a long period of time. Eventually in 2008, the court decided to make a landmark decision on a case that was referred to it through the normal channel of appeals. On March 18, 2008, the Supreme Court heard arguments for the case of “DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER (No. 07-290)” (Court, 2008). The case centered around Dick Heller, a DC Special Police Officer. Heller had wanted to own and register a handgun at his residence for personal protection, and sought to obtain a license from the District of Columbia, where he resides. At the time, “The District of Columbia generally prohibited the possession of handguns. It was a crime to carry an unregistered firearm, and the registration of handguns was prohibited. See D. C. Code §§7–2501.01(12), 7–2502.01(a), 7–2502.02(a)(4) (2001). Wholly apart from that prohibition, no person may carry a handgun without a license, but the chief of police may issue licenses for 1-year periods. See §§22–4504(a), 22–4506. District of Columbia law also requires residents to keep their lawfully owned firearms, such as registered long guns, “unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar device” unless they are located in a place of business or are being used for lawful recreational activities. See §7–2507.02” (States, 1789).

Child Access Prevention laws or CAP laws, have been created as means to enforce punishment toward adults who do not secure their firearms in which a minor gains access as a result. However, these laws vary from state to state. For example, some states will charge a person with criminal liability if a minor gains possession of an unsecured firearm. On the other hand, other states apply liability only if the child who gained access uses it to threaten, kill, harm, or carry out crime toward others. Then there are also different states which impose liability in the case that a person deliberately provides access of a firearm to a minor. Other exceptions also apply: if the gun was used for self defense, the gun was safely secured but it was somehow taken, it gets stolen, used for hunting, or to aid a law enforcement(“Summary of State Child Access Prevention Laws”). Above all, Massachusetts and The District of Columbia are the only states to obligate all firearms to be stored with a locking device. Besides criminal liability, certain states like California and Connecticut will enforce civil liability. In California, civil liability is exercised when a minor gains access to a gun and uses it, that results in damages. Similarly, Connecticut imposes civil liability when a person does not properly store their firearms, and the minor who gained access causes harm or death. Or, if a minor under the age of 21, purchases a firearm with the permission of the parent/guardian, that parent/guardian becomes liable for whatever happens. Seemingly, these laws are ideal, but because they differ in each state, the penalty for unlawful access in the majority of the states consists of a misdemeanor, or felony if a victim is harmed (“Summary of State Child Access Prevention Laws”). Then, there is the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005,

The person has a license to carry a concealed handgun under § 5-3-301 et seq. and is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle in a publicly owned and maintained parking lot.

In Washington D.C., they banned handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm while prohibiting the registration of handguns. This law provides that no person can carry an unlicensed handgun, but the law authorizes the police chief to issue a one-year gun license to police officers. This law also requires the residents of Washington D.C. to keep their lawfully owned firearms unloaded and dissembled/bound by a trigger lock. In the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller, Heller was a D.C. special policeman who applied to register a handgun he wished to keep at home, but the District declined. Heller filed a suit against the District from enforcing the bar on handgun registration, which is the licensing requirement

First, just because your state does allow open carry per the constitution does not mean that those that cannot legally own a firearm can carry one openly or otherwise.

Surprisingly, North Carolina is on a threshold of pro-gun legislation. In the past two decades North Carolina has become a “shall issue” state for concealed carry and has passed many pro-gun legislation. With the aspect of the second amendment and the meaning behind it, the law abiding citizen should be asking what politicians are doing for them.

The states laws vary from may-issue, shall issue, and unrestricted carry. Theses policies vary in how severe and rigid the requirements are to apply for a permit. May-issue states allow citizens to apply for a permit but are much more likely to say no. Typically in these states only a government official or an army personnel may carry a concealed weapon. Shall-issue states are states that allow you a to apply for a permit and have requirements such as training requirements and background checks. But not all of the shall issue states have the same requirements. Buckley Firearms Association states “The details of the requirements differ from state to state. Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Washington do not require any certificate of firearms training”(Shall-issue states). This quote claims that three of the shall issue states do not require firearms training to be able to carry a concealed weapon. These states are much more likely to give a responsible citizen a permit. Unrestricted carry gives everyone the right to carry a concealed weapon. Therefore everyone has the potential to protect

There is a small percentage of the population that has a concealed weapons permit. In that small percentage everyone is a law abiding citizen, except for a few here and there. They are a set of citizens hard to tell apart in a crowd because of their normality. This meaning that they do not plan on doing harm with their weapon. They respect the fact that having a concealed weapon is serious business. They are willing to go through the tests and classes that one must go through to obtain their permit. They know all the laws, which they must fallow, with that one could safely say that a concealed weapon would be handled safely by this set of people.

One of the laws that we have with guns for our individual rights is have the gun licensed. Most states have not yet legalized having the right to carry a gun without a permit although in some states have made it legal. Alaska, Arizona Kansas, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming are just some of the states that have legalized carrying a gun without a license. The main law for carrying a gun is that it has the cereal number which is a number on the side of a gun and it’s registered into a system that can tell who the owner is

One of the big issues in life today is gun safety. Due to the recent high school shootings many legislatures are pushing for stricter gun laws. In Montana you can’t carry a concealed weapon inside city, town or logging camp limits but if