Tuesday, September 6, 2011
CLOSER LOOK
Tribune 9
1791
The Bill of Rights gains final ratification including the Second Amendment: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
1813 1822 1871
Kentucky becomes the first state to ban carrying concealed weapons.
Kentucky’s ban on concealed weapons is struck down by an appeals court.
National Rifle Association is formed by Union Army veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate.
1876 1968
In U.S. v. Cruikshank, the Supreme Court rules that carrying a gun is an individual right.
1999
Two teenagers kill 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School.
2008
U.S. Supreme Court rules that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting. This was the justices’ first definitive pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791.
May 2011
Wisconsin Senate Judiciary Committee approves a bill allowing “constitutional carry”—the ability to carry concealed weapons without training or permits. (Gov. Walker later said he wanted the bill to require permits and training, and lawmakers rewrote the bill accordingly.)
July 2011
Gov. Walker signs into law the bill lifting Wisconsin’s ban on concealed carry.
ninjas are totally sweet.
Following the murders of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy, Congress passes the Gun Control Act, demanding better control of interstate traffic of firearms.
Source: www. jsonline.com, www.cbsnews.com, www.npr.org.