Turley Challenges Talarico's AR-15 Ban Defense as Supreme Court Takes 2 Gun Cases
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Turley Challenges Talarico's AR-15 Ban Defense as Supreme Court Takes 2 Gun Cases
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Summary
Jonathan Turley argued James Talarico misreads the Second Amendment by citing only "well regulated" to justify sweeping gun-control laws while omitting the next word, "militia."
Turley said the phrase historically meant orderly or combat-ready militias, not modern government regulation, and that the amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Talarico made the argument while backing bans on commonly used firearms such as the AR-15, framing "well regulated" as textual support for gun restrictions.
Two pending Supreme Court cases—Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins—will soon test assault-weapon bans, after the justices struck down Hawaii's concealed-carry property restriction in Wolford v. Lopez.