Heller Ruling Observes 15th Anniversary!

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : While Heller -- authored by the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia -- affirmed the individual right to keep and bear arms, and have a handgun in the home for personal protection, the later rulings expanded (many would argue restored) the Second Amendment to protect the right from municipal prohibitions and incorporate the amendment to the states via the 14th Amendment.
47% : And just what is the "new standard?""The new test the Supreme Court adopted in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen requires judges to focus solely on whether a law comports with a historical understanding of the Second Amendment," NBC explained.
45% : As if to underscore the establishment media's approach to the Second Amendment, NBC News published a report last week about how lower courts have been interpreting and applying the high court's new guidelines for determining gun rights cases.
38% : It has also led to blue states passing a new wave of gun laws in the hope that they will not fall foul of the Supreme Court's rationale."

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