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The Second Amendment has become a cudgel the left can use to attack originalism.
Eighteen years ago, on June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court decided District of Columbia v. Heller. This landmark decision declared that the Second Amendment protected an individual right to keep and bear arms that was not connected to militia service. As a result, the District of Columbia’s handgun ban was unconstitutional. Eighteen years later, the Second Amendment has become a regular feature of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. But as the right to keep and bear arms becomes old enough to vote, it is worth taking stock of how much has been accomplished on the ground. Regrettably, in nearly two decades, very little about the practical right to keep and bear arms has changed.
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Josh Blackman is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.