Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the… Read More
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Contrary to the rhetoric of many gun control advocates, the Second Amendment’s protection of the individual right to keep and bear arms is not a… Read More
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In the wake of the tragic shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that claimed the lives of 12 people, Gov. Ralph Northam has called for a… Read More
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Who is a United States citizen by birth? This question has increasingly received national attention, in large part because of President Donald Trump’s promise to… Read More
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The right to keep and bear arms is based on the natural, immutable right to defend oneself and one’s liberties from crime and tyranny. Unfortunately,… Read More
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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., released his plan Tuesday to combat firearm-related violence. For starters, most of it would violate the Constitution. Booker’s 14-point plan includes… Read More
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, this month signed into law a bill allowing a person to be temporarily disarmed if a court finds that… Read More
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Gun control advocates long have controlled the narrative about defensive uses of firearms, calling the “good guy with a gun” scenario a “myth meant to scare… Read More
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Last month, we documented some extraordinary examples from January of armed citizens relying on their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves and others. We pointed… Read More
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Very few people disagree with the idea that certain individuals should not be allowed to legally access firearms. Federal law reflects this general consensus by… Read More
