Debate: Does the US Second Amendment have authority over states?

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Does the Second Amendment have authority over state governments?

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Yes

However, as noted earlier by the Supreme Court in 1886, the Second Amendment is not restricted to American citizens. In Presser v. Illinois (1886) before the high court, Presser made an attempt to link the Second Amendment as being a privilege or immunity of citizens of the United States. This attempt was found lacking when the Supreme Court stated

The plaintiff in error [Presser] next insists that the sections of the Military Code of Illinois under which he was indicted are an invasion of that clause of the first section of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States which declares: 'No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.'

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No

Why would people need to own more then 5 guns. so what if you huint you only should have 4 guns in your house or 1 gun on you.

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Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

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