Second Amendment Firearms history

Militia shooting matches in the early 19th century were often a joke. For example, the New Haven Grays, considered one of the elite companies, had their first shooting match in the early 1820s.

Commonwealth (1822), which evaluated the individual right to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state.

The first executive to die in office was William Henry Harrison, who essentially succumbed to complications from a fever in 1841.

Buzzard (1842), the Arkansas high court adopted a militia-based, political right, reading of the right to bear arms under state law, and upheld the 21st section of the second article of the Arkansas Constitution.

The proceeds from the tax — levied at 10% on handguns and 11% for long guns and ammunition — have supported state wildlife and restoration efforts since 1937.

In 1939, bank robbers Frank Layton and Jack Miller were arrested for carrying a shotgun across state lines.

The country continued on with little attention on gun control until 1963.

However, a contrasting piece of legislation — “The Firearms Owners Protection Act” — had been enacted in 1986.

“The Brady Bill” — named after a member of Reagan’s cabinet wounded during the assassination attempt — was first introduced into Congress in 1987; however, the bill was delayed for years by ongoing discussion of the constitutionality of this form of gun control.

The year 1994 saw the country moving further in the direction of gun control, with the passage of an assault weapons ban. “The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act” was signed in by president Bill Clinton and was hotly debated, but even so was the law of the land for a decade.

In 1997, it attempted to derail the Brady Bill by supporting yet another challenge placed before the Supreme Court.

In 2005, John G. Roberts was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, following the death of his predecessor, William Rehnquist.

Heller, case in which the United States Supreme Court on June 26, 2008, held (5–4) that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home.

A Gallup poll in October 2013 showed that 60 percent of American gun owners mention “personal safety/protection” as a reason for owning them, and 5 percent mention a “Second Amendment right,” among other reasons.

In 2017, the unincorporated town of Paradise, Nevada, hosted the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.

According to a report by the Government Accountability Office released in June, the initial hospital costs for those who suffered a firearm injury topped $1 billion in 2019.