Is Gun Control Necessary
These groups believe any compromise leads to greater restrictions. In particular when gun owners respond to fears of gun confiscation with increased purchases and by helping to isolate the industry from the misuse of its products used in shooting incidents.
Rosenbergincluding research authored by Arthur Kellermann. Efforts by gun control advocates to renew the ban failed, as did attempts to replace it after it became defunct.
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New groups have also arisen, such as the Students for Concealed Carrywhich grew largely out of safety-issues resulting from the creation of gun-free zones that were legislatively mandated amidst a response to widely publicized school shootings. Inin United States v. Emersonthe Fifth Circuit became the first federal appeals court to recognize an individual's right to own guns. Inin Parker v.
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District of Columbiathe D. Circuit became the first federal appeals court to strike down a gun control law on Second Amendment grounds. Gun rights advocates fear mandatory smart gun technology will make it more difficult to fire a gun when needed.
Ina Maryland gun dealer dropped plans to sell the first smart gun in the United States after receiving complaints. Heller[ edit ] Main article: District of Columbia v. Heller In Junein District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court upheld by a 5—4 vote the Parker decision striking down the D.]
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