Proponents of gun control have debated that the Second Amendment only applies to members of militias and does not apply to individual …show more content…
They argue that the State regulated militias are the National Guard units found all over the United States. The Supreme Court has ruled contrary to this claim.
In the course of recent years, support for firearm control has diminished significantly and contentions mounted by defenders of the privilege to remain battle ready have picked up energy. Since the 2008 Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller, decided that the Constitution secures a singular's entitlement to own a firearm for individual use Congress has voted down all proposed gun legislation. In July 2010 the Supreme Court decided that this applies to state and local government overturning a 30 year old Chicago gun law (Duignan n.d.).
Most federal gun laws were enacted through one or more of these acts: the National Firearms Act (NFA) signed into effect in 1934 and amended in 1968, charges taxes on the production and exchange of, and orders the