Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Does 2nd Amendment trump 4th Amendment?

It's night and it's dark when a man hears sounds of breaking and entering his home. He is shot reaching for his legally-owned firearm.

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Bruce

"The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a Texas case and determine whether when a homeowner exercises his Second Amendment rights he gives up his Fourth Amendment rights.

In short, does the Second trump the Fourth?

The question is being presented by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of John Quinn of Texas.

Quinn’s home was the subject of a no-knock, SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based “solely on the suspicion that there were legally owned firearms in the household,” the legal brief explains."

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