Obama said Wednesday he believes the Second Amendment does guarantee individuals the right to bear arms.
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And now in 2008, both Democrats are careful to voice support for the Second Amendment.
Even some gun control advocates tip their hats this year to the Second Amendment.
It argued, at length, and over years, that those laws violated the Second Amendment.
The Second Amendment does not pose a barrier to gun regulation, it requires it.
Clinging to the Second Amendment will no longer resonate with the majority of U.S. citizens.
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The issue here is not whether or not we believe in the Second Amendment.
This debate isn't a choice between protecting the Second Amendment or reducing gun violence.
"This obvious disrespect for New Yorkers and their Second Amendment rights will not be tolerated, " he added.
Does the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense extend outside the doorway of our homes?
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The court narrowly decided in a 5-4 vote that the Second Amendment does protect this fundamental right.
The second amendment does not say anything about hunting, or sport shooting, or anything close to that.
These were cases that involved the limits of affirmative action and the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Opponents contend the Second Amendment forbids the government from this type of limit on weapon ownership by citizens.
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Or to underwrite New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's nanny statism or Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's anti-Second Amendment agenda?
However, Biden accused the NRA of spreading false information that the proposed legislation would intrude on Second Amendment rights.
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The appeals court ruling is likely to bring the debate over the Second Amendment front and center once again.
Some have interpreted the Second Amendment's affirmation of the right to bear arms as a barrier to reasonable regulation.
The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric.
But what seems like common sense to some is viewed by others as another assault on the Second Amendment.
But that the Second Amendment includes protection from the government is a situation most Americans shrug off as unthinkable.
The NRA argues that such bans won't help stop gun violence and that they infringe on Second Amendment rights.
Democrats have accused Republicans of making this a political issue, maintaining that the treaty poses no Second Amendment threat.
And let's be clear, any action we take will respect the Second Amendment.
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Second Amendment rights are part of the foundational myth of the US itself.
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And since the evidence is overwhelming that gun ownership reduces crime, this is a powerful argument for the Second Amendment.
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But this is also a state that treasures its Second Amendment rights -- the state of proud hunters and sportsmen.
It is time the critics of the Second Amendment put up and repeal it, or shut up about violating it.
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They do that by insisting on a tortured construction of the Second Amendment that converts individual rights into states rights.
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