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Second Amendment

Florida Amendment 2 (2008), an amendment to the Constitution of Florida that prohibited same-sex marriage.


Carolyn Chute

She was the leader of a group which was known as the Second Maine Militia and is a fierce defender of the Second Amendment, keeping an AK-47 and a small cannon at her home in Maine.

Eugene Eason

He questioned her backing for affirmative action, minority set-aside arrangements on public contracts, abortion, the Second Amendment, the 1984 Mondale-Ferraro ticket.

Firearm Owners Protection Act

In the Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 97th Congress, Second Session (February 1982), a bipartisan subcommittee (consisting of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats) of the United States Senate investigated the Second Amendment and reported its findings.

Philip Boyle

Voted in favor of the Cuomo Administration's New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 which has been criticized by Second Amendment activists as "restricted the rights of law-abiding New York residents."

Richard W. Bailey

In 2008, Bailey co-authored an amicus brief with colleagues Dennis Baron and Jeffrey Kaplan, for the District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court case, providing an interpretation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution based on the grammars, dictionaries, and general usage common in the founders' day, and showing that those meanings are still common today.

Sam Little

Little is pro-life and a vocal supporter of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.


see also

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

The second amendment was adopted in Cavtat, Croatia, in 2004; once in force it will: allow, as appropriate, affected Parties to participate in scoping; require reviews of compliance; revise the Convention's Appendix I (list of activities); and make other minor changes.

Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa

The post, originally called "Deputy President of the Constitutional Court", was created in September 1995 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 1995, which was an amendment to the Interim Constitution.

Firearm case law in the United States

In 2013, the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Aguilar held that a total ban on carrying firearms outside the home violated the Second Amendment and was unconstitutional.

Gary Kleck

His research was cited in the Supreme Court's landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision, which struck down the D.C. handgun ban and held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.

Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, which interpreted the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment, LCPGV has become increasingly involved in Second Amendment litigation by tracking cases raising Second Amendment claims.

McDonald v. Chicago

One of these briefs was filed by U.S. senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R, TX) and Jon Tester (D, MT) and U.S. representatives Mark Souder (R, IN) and Mike Ross (D, AR) asking the Supreme Court to find in favor of the petitioners and rule that the Second Amendment does apply to the states.

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

Lord Trefgarne moved a rare closure motion "that the question be now put" which was carried, bringing an end to debate on a second amendment.