Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Keywords

Second Amendment, gun control, self-defense, interpretation, punctuation

Abstract

Prompted by the court’s decision in Parker v. District of Columbia, this series of correspondence discusses the effect possible forms of punctuation may have on the Second Amendment. The article makes comments on the important grammars during the founding and also two possible writings of the Second Amendment that contain different sets of punctuation.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Law--Interpretation and construction, Gun control, Self-defense, Firearms--Law and legislation, Constitution. 2nd Amendment, Punctuation

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