Carry a Gun—Without a Permit
If you have to ask permission, it's a privilege, not a right. And maybe you shouldn't bother to ask.
If you have to ask permission, it's a privilege, not a right. And maybe you shouldn't bother to ask.
The ruling also rejects an "assault weapon" ban, caliber restrictions for long guns, a heavy handgun tax, and registration requirements.
Also, demonstrators carried sex toys around UT Austin to protest the law.
Make love, not liberty? Students urge the state to protect "cocks not glocks" on campus.
A preliminary injunction upholds the Second Amendment right to armed self-defense outside the home.
It already allowed open carry without a permit, as do 25 other states.
The logic may lean that way, but we can't be sure the Court values the Second Amendment's application that strongly.
In practice, licenses to carry guns in public have allowed law-abiding citizens to take steps they see as essential for their safety, without putting their fellow citizens in danger.
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