How many times has “shall not be infringed” been stepped on, trampled and ground down?
Need for registration, concealed carry restrictions, fees for applications, background checks must be completed before a gun is purchased, new attacks recently made on gun manufacturers and on sales at gun shows, bans on “dangerous” and “unusual” weapons, restrictions on guns in various places like schools and government buildings, 1994-2004 “assault weapons ban”, and more.
One state even tried to have people prove they were members of a well-regulated militia.
Time Magazine: In 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller the Court essentially changed a nearly 70-year precedent set by Miller in 1939. While the Miller ruling focused on the “well regulated militia” portion of the Second Amendment (known as the “collective rights theory” and referring to a state’s right to defend itself), Heller focused on the “individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia.”
Heller challenged the constitutionality of a 32-year-old handgun ban in Washington, D.C., and found, “The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment.”
It did not however nullify other gun control provisions.
Heller corrected 70 years of lower courts lying about what Miller decided.