Day: July 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Tennessee’s House of Representatives to Commemorate Constitution Week
NASHVILLE, TN (The Constitution Study) – On the 29th of June, 2022, The State of Tennessee’s House of Representatives proclaimed the week of September 11-17, 2002 as Constitution Week and invited fellow Americans in Tennessee to observe that week by taking John Jay’s advice to read and study the Constitution of the United States.
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326 – NYSRPA v. Bruen
Can a state arbitrarily decide whether or not you get to exercise a right protected by the Constitution of the United States? That is the question in the case New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen, Superintendent of the New York State Police. New York State is a “may issue” state, meaning that you did not get your carry license even if you met all of the legal requirements, you had to show you had a “good cause” to carry a firearm in public. But self-defense was not considered “good cause” by the New York courts. You had to show you had a special need for self-defense, greater than the general public. Does that sound like infringement on your right to keep and bear arms to you?
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