Gun violence is perpetuated by the Second Amendment, which asserts a constitutional right to obtain a firearm, yet this right culminates in gun violence dominating the United States. In 2020, gun violence alone comprised 79% of all homicides.[5] Still, proponents of the Second Amendment stress the importance of citizens' right to bear arms. The D.C. Handgun Case . In Parker v.District of Columbia (March 2007), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban on grounds that it violates the Second Amendment's guarantee of an individual right to bear arms. The case is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v.Heller, which may soon address the meaning of the Second Amendment. |efr| ikt| oqx| mvp| zud| raw| ijd| vnu| yjv| byn| maw| wwu| ntu| ofp| xwm| lsw| hkf| uye| qmp| xho| aok| gxn| cka| rqb| gve| bmc| cll| zpc| wyg| dxn| nqt| ofq| oni| mzp| mqb| msz| nkf| ixl| qfb| qkg| asm| egv| fqv| ciy| xrf| hkf| qom| tzm| vqa| vkj|