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May 26, 2022 · Fact Check. Did Justice Burger Call Gun Lobby's Take on 2nd Amendment a Fraud on the American Public? Warren Burger was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in...
Mar 5, 2018 · Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger on the Second Amendment, in 1991. Former Chief Justice Warren Burger, a conservative, said the idea that there was an individual right...
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In a 1991 appearance on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Burger stated that the notion that the Second Amendment guaranteed an unlimited individual right to obtain any kind of weapon "has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word 'fraud,' on the American public by special interest groups".
Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger argues that the sale, purchase, and use of guns should be regulated just as automobiles and boats are regulated; such regulations would not violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Oct 9, 2015 · Warren Burger on the Second Amendment. Updated 2/23/2018 after the Pennsylvania school shooting and the Las Vegas Massacre. Edit Again, after the Uvalde massacre: Sensible and meaningful gun control is more critical now than ever before. Note: This blog is not a place for debate.
Dec 17, 2012 · Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, who was no liberal, mocked the individual-rights theory of the amendment as “a fraud.” But the N.R.A. kept pushing—and there’s a lesson here.
Aug 5, 2019 · The late Chief Justice Warren E. Burger said, in 1991, that the idea that the Second Amendment conferred a right for individuals to bear arms was “a fraud on the American public.” Burger...
