How much do you know about the Second
Amendment? A quiz.
Quiz results
Your score
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Average reader score
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Expert score
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8
Correct
7
Wrong
53%
You answered 8 of 15 questions correctly for a
total score of 53%.
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71%
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Your results
Question
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Your
Response
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Correct
Answer
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Score
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Which
right is protected by the Second Amendment?
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Keep and bear arms
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Keep
and bear arms
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Which
is the correct text of the Second Amendment?
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“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.”
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“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.”
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Constitutional
scholars have long debated whether the Second Amendment protects the private
possession of firearms or only the possession of firearms in the context of a
well-regulated militia. The US Supreme Court examined the question in a 2008
case. What was the name of that landmark decision?
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District
of Columbia v. Heller
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What
issue was at stake in the 2008 Heller case?
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All of the above.
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All
of the above.
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What
did the Supreme Court decide in the 2008 case?
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Americans have a fundamental right to own
and openly carry weaponry useful to a modern-day militia – except missiles,
artillery, jet fighters, and tanks.
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Residents
of a federal enclave, like Washington, D.C., have a constitutional right to
possess handguns and other commonly available firearms for personal
protection in their homes.
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Prior
to 2008, the US Supreme Court last decided a case involving the Second
Amendment in 1939. The case, US v. Miller, was a challenge to the
constitutionality of the National Firearms Act of 1934. What did that federal
law require?
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Registration of machine guns, sawed-off
shotguns, and other “gangster weapons” carried across state lines.
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Registration
of machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and other “gangster weapons” carried
across state lines.
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What
prompted Congress to pass the National Firearms Act of 1934?
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The
use of two Thompson submachine guns in Chicago’s 1929 St. Valentine’s Day
massacre.
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In
the 1939 case, US v. Miller, two men were caught with an unlicensed
sawed-off, double-barrel shotgun that they had transported from Oklahoma to
Arkansas. They claimed the federal license requirement violated their Second
Amendment rights. What did the court decide?
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A shotgun with a barrel of less than 18
inches lacks any reasonable relationship to a well regulated militia. Since
the weapon would not be useful to a militia, it was beyond the protection of
the Second Amendment.
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A
shotgun with a barrel of less than 18 inches lacks any reasonable
relationship to a well regulated militia. Since the weapon would not be
useful to a militia, it was beyond the protection of the Second Amendment.
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In
2010, the Supreme Court took up another landmark Second Amendment case,
McDonald v. Chicago. What was the issue the high court decided?
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Whether the court’s 2008 ruling
establishing a constitutional right to possess handguns in Washington, D.C.,
would also apply to all state and local governments across the country.
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Whether
the court’s 2008 ruling establishing a constitutional right to possess
handguns in Washington, D.C., would also apply to all state and local
governments across the country.
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Does
the Second Amendment guarantee a personal right to own fully automatic
military-issued combat rifles, heavy machine guns, and perhaps even
shoulder-fired missiles?
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No.
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Probably
not.
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Does
the Second Amendment guarantee a personal right to own semi-automatic rifles
that resemble the fully-automatic military versions of the same firearm?
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Yes.
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Not
clear at this point.
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Following
the 2008 Supreme Court ruling overturning the handgun ban, the District of
Columbia City Council passed a new gun control measure, this one banning
“assault weapons.” The Council defined “assault weapons” as semi-automatic
rifles and pistols with certain military features. The new ban was challenged
in federal court. A federal appeals court in October 2011 voted 2 to 1 to
uphold the ban. What did the court say?
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All
of the above.
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Gun
rights advocates filed a new complaint in 2012 seeking to overturn the
District of Columbia’s assault weapons ban. The lead plaintiff is Dick
Heller, the same gun owner who successfully fought the District’s handgun
ban. To challenge the assault weapons ban, Mr. Heller attempted to register a
semi-automatic rifle he uses for target shooting, a Bushmaster XM-15-E2S.
Which of the following individuals also used a Bushmaster XM-15-E2S?
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All
of the above.
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In
1994, Congress passed a ban on certain semi-automatic assault weapons and
large capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. How was
Jared Loughner, the admitted gunman in the 2011 shooting spree involving
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, able to purchase 30-round magazines for his
pistol?
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The 1994 federal assault weapons ban and
restrictions on large capacity magazines expired in 2004 and have not been
renewed by Congress.
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The
1994 federal assault weapons ban and restrictions on large capacity magazines
expired in 2004 and have not been renewed by Congress.
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According
to the National Rifle Association, how many privately-owned guns are currently
in the United States?
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More than 250 million.
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More
than 250 million.
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