http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/18/24830.htm
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd Amendment indeed applies to the states "via the 14th Amendment due-process clause." The ruling comes after a 17 year old boy was arrested for carrying a loaded semiautomatic handgun and sued, claiming his 2nd Amendment rights had been violated by a Washington state law banning minors from carrying firearms. The court did not rule on whether minors should be allowed to carry guns, focusing on the 2nd Amendments applications instead. The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the same issue later on in the year.
Should the 2nd Amendment be read in a strict manner, or one that is more open to interpretation?
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This decision scares me. Yes, the state Supreme Court claimed that they were just looking at the issue of whether the 2nd Amendment applies to the states, but they did essentially side with a minor using a semiautomatic - seemingly advocating for the complete reversal of all gun laws. When the 2nd Amendment was written, the Founders were thinking of the one-shot rifles, certainly not of guns that could plow down a whole room of people wielded by children. This case sets a VERY bad precedent.
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