MO Attorneys Discuss Why Candidates Brandish The Second Amendment

By Jenn Jacques

Feel like both Trump and Hillary, as well as organizations and PACs who support and/or oppose them, have beaten their stance on gun rights to death on the campaign trail? Well, you’re right.

Two mid-Missouri lawyers, who both specialize in Second Amendment issues, spoke to KRCG to explain why politicians on both sides of the aisle frequently use the constitutional right to bear arms to appeal to voters.

“On a scale of one to ten, there is a ten. They believe you have an absolute right to carry whatever qualifies as small arms, whether it’s a chain-fed machine gun or a grenade launcher, without restriction, anywhere that you can lawfully go,” said attorney Stephen Wyse. “And on the other side, there’s a one, that’s the people who believe only the military and police should bear arms.”

Wyse also cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Heller and McDonald to highlight the disparity of Supreme Court Judges in regards to how the Second Amendment is interpreted, saying “Any firearm restrictions have to be adjudged on a strict scrutiny standard. The law has to show a significant and compelling government interest for why the regulation is necessary and the restriction has to be …Read the Rest

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