Abstract
This Note argues that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution fails to resolve the debate over the existence of a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms because the Ninth Amendment is in fact the proper source for that right. This Note performs a historical analysis of the creation of the Constitution, reviews the little Supreme Court precedent regarding the right, and then demonstrates how the Supreme Court has applied the Ninth Amendment in cases dealing with other issues. Bodine concludes that applying the Ninth Amendment in that same manner necessarily leads to an inference of a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms.
Recommended Citation
Robert E. Bodine,
So What? The Individual Right to the Ownership of Firearms under the Ninth Amendment,
76
Chi.-Kent L. Rev.
1363
(2000).
Available at:
https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol76/iss2/22
