Humanities

On June of this year, the Supreme Court had lifted gun bans in the District of Columbia. The decision had been based on the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. According to the article, Justice Antonin Scalia states that the Constitution protects a citizen's right to bear arms and that the ban is a direct violation of the Second Amendment. He also believes that the case will have a significant impact on gun control laws throughout the nation. Despite complaints, Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty plans to keep gun laws in effect due to the city's extreme crime rate. Opposing lawyers argue that the city "consistently fights to secure its right to stand by while its citizens are victimized by crime" and that the immediate fight against crime is lacking. I find that because the amendment is so vague in indicating who "the right to bear arms" is referring to, it will result in disagreements among cities "..experts debated whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and carry a gun, or only a state's right to arm a militia". Individual cities will have changing views according to the recent criminal activities occurring within their boundaries.