Proponents of gun control have long pointed to the Second Amendment’s prefatory clause — “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State” — as a necessary prelude to its ...

For several weeks gun enthusiasts have been nervously watching the U.S. Supreme Court. The highest court has flirted with granting certiorari and agreeing to hear two noteworthy gun-related cases: ...

A common misconception about the Second Amendment is that it only protects arms for the militia, or in modern day, the National Guard or other government-organized military group. This is simply ...

Stephen L. Black seems a little confused about what the words in the Second Amendment mean (“One Militia, well regulated,” April 18). There are two clauses of the Second Amendment, the prefatory ...

DENNIS BARON is a professor of English at the University of Illinois. CITING THE second comma of the 2nd Amendment, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled March 9 that ...