Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. Gun-control advocates, on the other hand, tend to view the amendment as a dusty historical relic. While that question produces hot debate in the public arena, gun-rights advocates know better than to wield the Second Amendment in court. No federal gun-control law has ever been struck down on Second Amendment grounds. As a consequence, Congress has been free to limit gun ownership and sales.
Most law professors give the amendment the same limited reading.
But there is a dissenting minority. They would never be so cavalier about an amendment they like. The N.R.A. was so delighted by Levinson's unexpected article that the group reprinted thousands of copies, which prompted a wave of fan mail for the professor. Time Inc. All rights reserved.