Guns+and+the+Court



==== This page will be used to conduct an investigation into how the Court has handled the Second Amendment. We will spend the next few days working on this topic and you will be asked to complete a culminating activity based on your work. First you will go to the discussion page to answer a question about your initial thoughts about the topic. ====

==== Last summer, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a landmark 2nd Amendment case. To exapnd on our discussion of the Court, we will use that ruling as a case study. Your first task will be to go to the following links to read summaries of the case and reactions to the ruling. ==== ==== Once you have read those summaries, go to the discussion page to add your reaction in the discussion entitled, "Reaction to Heller". After entering your original post about Heller, be sure to check back and respond to others. ====

__Links to Summaries:__
====[] This is an article written before the decision was rendered. Read it and be prepared to summarize its contents as they relate to the history of the case.  ====

[] This is a link to NPR's coverage of the ruling. Read it and take notes on the ruling and the possible implications.

__Go to the discussion page after reading the above articles and add to the discussion.__
The following links will help you prepare for a more detailed analysis of the case (you'll get further instructions for that on Monday). If you completed the above readings and the discussions, you should start reading the documents below and taking some notes. This next step of the project will be done in small groups. [] This is the NRA's reaction to the ruling. This document also lists amicus curiae briefs submitted before the Court. You will need to read at least 1 brief submitted by each side in order to prepare for a later stage of this project. [] This is a gun control interest group's assessment of the ruling and the next link is their discussion of the consequences [] You will use these documents to prepare for a later step in the project. [] This is a summary of the actual ruling, which contains audio of the oral arguments and the ruling announcemnt. [] This contains a history of gun laws that might prove useful later.[] (another short history)