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SECOND AMENDMENT: New York is Now Going After Gun Dealers

by Diane Rufino, January 7, 2023 Individuals and organizations continue to ask the Supreme Court to interpret the Second Amendment while New York continues its hostility to it. It is apparent that the state will do everything in its power … Continue reading

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THE SUPREME COURT RULES ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SECOND AMENDMENT CASE: NY State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (June 23, 2022)

by Diane Rufino, June 23, 2022 Mark Levin has called the most recent Supreme Court ruling on the meaning and intent of the Second Amendment “the most significant Second Amendment case since Heller and McDonald.”  (landmark Second Amendment cases, 2008 … Continue reading

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WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES FOR YOUR GUN RIGHTS & LIBERTIES

by Diane Rufino, June 14, 2022 As we all know, our inalienable rights do not come from government; they come from our Creator, endowed at our creation, and are recognized by nature’s law. Our rights are recognized in our constitutions … Continue reading

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY & MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT

by Diane Rufino, May 2017 – June 17, 2021 INTRODUCTION – “No free man shall be debarred (denied) the use of arms.” –  as proposed by Thomas Jefferson for Virginia’s Bill of Rights, 1776 The Federal Farmer (anti-Federalist author) in … Continue reading

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MODEL Resolution to Recognize Second Amendment Supremacy in Counties

by Diane Rufino, January 2019 RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE SECOND AMENDMENT SUPREMACY  in ___________ COUNTY A Resolution for North Carolina Resolution opposing any federal or state law that has the effect of restricting the individual right of a citizen of sound … Continue reading

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The Second Amendment and Red Flag Laws: Understand Your Rights and Learn the Truth

by Diane Rufino, October 1, 2019 My professor at law school, Judge Andrew Napolitano, FOX News Senior Legal Analyst, wrote an excellent article on Red Flag Laws. Not only is this article spot on regarding the issues (unconstitutionality) of Red … Continue reading

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ANATOMY of a SUPREME COURT CASE: District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

  (Photo credit: Median) by Diane Rufino, May 25, 2019 The case District of Columbia v. Heller is the landmark Supreme Court case decided in 2008, and written by the late great conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, which finally looked at … Continue reading

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A Proposed State Sovereignty Resolution to Re-Assert the Tenth and Second Amendments

by Diane Rufino, February 21, 2018 The following is a proposed State Sovereignty Resolution that I wrote and proposed to my legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly. I feel very strongly that the General Assembly should make it clear … Continue reading

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Keep the Second Amendment Secure in North Carolina

by Diane Rufino, March 27, 2018 My appreciation of the Second Amendment and gratitude for the wisdom and insistence of our Founders and for the States who insisted that it was necessary to be included in our Constitution (or else … Continue reading

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Making Sense of the Meaning and Intent of the Second Amendment: It’s Not Hard, Folks!

                by Diane Rufino, May 24, 2017 “No free man shall be debarred (denied) the use of arms.” –  as proposed by Thomas Jefferson for Virginia’s Bill of Rights, 1776 The Federal Farmer … Continue reading

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