The Amendment Itself
What is the right to have guns?
This is the right the Second Amendment gives people.
What is 1791?
The year the Second Amendment was written.
What is a background check?
You must pass this before buying a gun.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
The 2008 case that said individuals have the right to own guns.
What is the NRA?
This group from 1871 strongly fights against gun control.
Who were normal citizens?
These people made up the old militias.
What is the National Guard?
This group took the place of militias after the Civil War.
What are gun types?
Gun laws can limit these—what kinds of guns people can own.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
The 2010 case that said the Second Amendment applies to all states.
What is #NeverAgain?
A student movement after the Parkland school shooting.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Second Amendment is part of these first ten amendments.
What is the army?
People feared the government would use this to control citizens.
Who are criminals or mentally ill people?
These people often cannot legally buy guns.
What is 5–4?
The vote count in both cases.
What is Florida?
This state raised the gun-buying age after the shooting.
What are arms?
This word means “weapons like guns.”
What are towns or states?
Militias were made to protect these places.
What are gun records?
This tells the government who owns which guns.
What is a court?
The Supreme Court is the highest type of this place.
What is a school walkout?
Many students did this in March 2018 to protest gun violence.
Who are American citizens?
The Second Amendment protects this group of people.
What is Britain?
This country the militias fought against was difficult to defeat.
What are assault weapons?
Some guns are banned because they can fire very fast.
What is the handgun ban?
A law was struck down in Washington, D.C. because it almost banned all guns.
What is cut ties with them?
Many companies did this to the NRA because of public pressure.