{"id":70856,"date":"2017-02-27T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T16:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=70856"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T19:03:47","slug":"prageru-gun-ownership-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/prageru-gun-ownership-right\/","title":{"rendered":"PragerU: ‘Is Gun Ownership a Right? (An Awesome Historical Breakdown)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Editor’s note: \u00a0<\/strong>The following is a video, with its corresponding transcript, from Prager University. \u00a0It features Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA. \u00a0Through a cogent historical analysis, Prof. Volokh breaks down why the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms today just as it did back when the founders and framers ratified the Constitution. Enjoy!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Does an American citizen have a Constitutional right to own a gun?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the Second Amendment says: \u201cA well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, it once seemed to me like that language only protected state militias and not individuals. Indeed, this is the view held by the four dissenting Supreme Court justices in the 2008 case of District of Columbia versus Heller, a landmark case dealing with gun ownership.<\/p>\n

But the more research I did, the more I came to realize that my initial view was mistaken and that the Founders were, in fact, securing an individual right. The five justices who voted to affirm the right to own a gun in DC versus Heller had, indeed, made the correct decision.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the amendment one more time.<\/p>\n

\u201cA well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\u201d<\/p>\n

We first need to focus on the phrase \u201cthe right of the people.\u201d Note that the people are the only ones whose right is secured here, not the militia or a state government. This phrase \u201cthe right of the people\u201d comes up a few times in the Constitution. For example, the First Amendment refers to \u201cThe right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government.\u201d And the Fourth Amendment secures \u201cThe right of the people to be secure\u2026against unreasonable searches and seizures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why, then, if the authors of the Constitution felt so strongly about \u201cthe right of the people\u201d to own guns, did they include language about \u201ca well-regulated militia\u201d?<\/p>\n

These opening words of the amendment might be called a \u201cjustification clause.\u201d Such clauses are used to help explain why a right is being secured. But it\u2019s the operative clause that explains what right is being secured. In this case, the right of the people to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n

And what was the word \u2018militia\u2019 understood to mean at the time?<\/p>\n

Well, the Militia Act of 1792 defined \u201cmilitia\u201d to mean all white males 18 to 45. Today, of course, \u201cmilitia\u201d would include women and people of all races, but it was clearly not a reference to a small, National Guard-type group.<\/p>\n

And what about the part of the amendment that says a militia is necessary \u201cto the security of a free State\u201d? What, the opponents of personal gun ownership ask, does a personal right of gun ownership have to do with that?<\/p>\n

Again, historical context is key. In the 1790s, the phrase \u201cfree State\u201d wasn\u2019t used to mean an individual state like New York or Rhode Island. Rather, it meant what we\u2019d call today a \u201cfree country\u201d\u2014a nation free of despotism. A \u201cfree State\u201d is what the Framers wanted America to be. They saw an armed citizenry as, in part, a hedge against tyranny. Citizens who own weapons can protect themselves, prevent tyrants from seizing power, and protect the nation from foreign enemies.<\/p>\n

This does not mean, though, that this right is unlimited. Free speech, for example, has long been subject to some narrow and reasonable regulations. But severe restrictions on owning a gun, like severe restrictions on free speech, would violate the Second Amendment as the Founders understood it.<\/p>\n

Maybe you think this understanding of the Second Amendment is outdated today, that the Constitution needs to change as public attitudes change. The Founders included a provision for doing just that: if the public attitude really has changed, the Constitution can be amended to reflect that change. But, ironically, even if we focus on current public attitudes, the case for individual gun ownership is as strong as ever. Polls consistently show that over two-thirds of Americans believe that the Second Amendment secures the right of citizens to own a gun. And Congress and state governments have repeatedly reaffirmed this view, including in recent decades.<\/p>\n

So, does the Second Amendment secure an individual right to bear arms?<\/p>\n

It did when it was written. It has throughout American history. And it does today.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, for Prager University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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