Enacting Sensible Gun Laws Will Continue
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Second Amendment Case
Supreme Court after Heller decision is released: Our fight for sensible gun laws continues
Following the Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, our fight to enact sensible gun laws will be undiminished by the Supreme Court's decision in the Heller case.
The Justices disagreed by the narrowest of margins, 5 - 4, on whether the Second Amendment provides an individual, non-militia based right to bear arms. But all nine Justices agreed that a wide variety of gun laws are presumptively constitutional, including restrictions on carrying concealed weapons, guns in schools and other sensitive places, and bans on "dangerous and unusual" weapons.
Most U.S. States Have Failing Scores When it Comes to Stopping Criminals and Other Dangerous People From Obtaining Guns
Two-thirds of all states score less than 20 points out of 100. Almost half of all states score 10 points or less out of 100. The state with the strongest gun laws is California with 79 points, followed by New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
The new state scorecard was released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and its network of Million Mom March Chapters in partnership with state-based gun violence prevention organizations across the nation.
Click on the map to learn about gun laws in your state and get involved.
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