Does the Second Amendment Provide the Right to Bear Arms?
However, Public Still Favors Stricter Gun Control In anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the Second Amendment expected at some point this month, The Harris Poll finds that by a margin of over two to one more U.S. adults believe that the Second Amendment supports an individuals right to bear arms. Furthermore, the survey also finds that more of the U.S. public continues to favor stricter gun control. However, concerning the impact on the election, the public seems to be split on which presidential candidate would do a better job handling gun control. These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,602 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive between May 5 and 12, 2008. In the next few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide D.C. v. Heller, which concerns whether the District of Columbias ban on handguns violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The question that the Supreme Court will be answering is whether the Second Amen
