Government & amendments
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- say such legislation would infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. The National Rifle Association, a prominent voice in the gun debate, says firearm-control measures are unnecessary if lawmakers would enforce current laws.
- Advocates of gun rights
- person chosen to represent another person or group; a representative
- delegate
- The highest judicial tribunal in a political unit, such as a nation or state
- Supreme Court
- A short printed publication, usually without a cover, that explains a topic or supports a position
- pamphlet
- A distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
- enclave
- A patriot, artist, and silversmith; he produced an engraving that was thought to be the definitive statement about the Boston Massacre.
- Paul Revere
- The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
- Second Amendment
- The event that took place outside the State House on March 7, 1770, during which five colonists died and three were wounded
- Boston Massacre
- The political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority
- totalitarianism
- A charge, usually of money, imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes
- tax
- To stop from using, buying, or dealing with as an act of protest
- boycott
- Considered one of the leaders of the American colonists involved in the Boston Massacre; he was killed during the event.
- Crispus Attucks
- Passed in 1994, this act imposes a five-day waiting period and background check before a licensed gun importer, manufacturer, or dealer can sell or deliver a handgun to an unlicensed individual; in 1998, a new background-check system allowed checks to be done over the phone or electronically
- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act:Also known as the Brady Bill
- Someone who opposes or disobeys one in authority; an American colonist who fought against the British
- rebel
- A body of citizens organized for military service
- militia
- punishment in which a convicted criminal faces some form of execution, such as lethal injection.
- capital punishment (death penalty)
- controlsupport stricter firearm laws: tougher background checks and longer waiting periods for those purchasing guns; mandatory child safety locks; a limit of one handgun purchase per month; and raising the legal age limit for ownership of guns to age 21 from the current age of 18. They believe these measures will curb the rise of gun-related violence.
- Advocates of gun control
- A patriot who also served as the lawyer for Captain Preston, commander of the British troops during the Boston Massacre, a masterful lawyer, and his persuasive arguments were one of the main reasons that Captain Preston was not found guilty of murder
- John Adams
- The rights that a police officer must read to a person who is being arrested
- Miranda rights
- A person who is loyal to his or her country; in the American Revolution, patriots were the people living in the American colonies who wanted to be free of British control
- patriot
- The commander of the British troops during the Boston Massacre
- Captain Preston
- A portion of the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights that reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
- Establishment Clause