Amy Swearer is a senior legal policy analyst at the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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The national gun control conversation often sounds like a broken record, with the same advocates resorting to the same talking points about decades-old proposals, such… Read More
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My colleague John Malcolm and I joined 243 other Americans featured on the cover of Time magazine last year for a project dedicated to exploring… Read More
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In the wake of tragic mass shootings, such as those occurring in recent days in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, it’s understandable that the… Read More
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Owning property means more than having your name on a deed. Lawyers and judges often refer to property ownership as a “bundle of rights,” because… Read More
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At a time when many high-profile politicians are comfortable proposing laws that impose serious burdens on the right to keep and bear arms, including the… Read More
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All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the… Read More
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Contrary to the rhetoric of many gun control advocates, the Second Amendment’s protection of the individual right to keep and bear arms is not a… Read More
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In the wake of the tragic shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that claimed the lives of 12 people, Gov. Ralph Northam has called for a… Read More
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Who is a United States citizen by birth? This question has increasingly received national attention, in large part because of President Donald Trump’s promise to… Read More
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The right to keep and bear arms is based on the natural, immutable right to defend oneself and one’s liberties from crime and tyranny. Unfortunately,… Read More
