Enhanced government security is required when a location is made a gun free zone.
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The Second Amendment creates the default rule that, absent a narrow exception, keeping and bearing arms is a right that may not be infringed. The ongoing debate on the nature of the “sensitive places” where firearms may be prohibited boils down to whether, if individuals may have no arms for self-defense, the government must provide comprehensive or enhanced security. If not, the disarmed place is just the perfect location for criminals to attack victims.
TheSupremeCourthasnotdecidedacaseon“sensitiveplaces,”buthasreferredtotheirexistence,mostrecentlyinBruen. There,theCourtsetforththefollowingtwo-steprule:“[W]hentheSecondAmendment’splaintextcoversanindividual’sconduct,theConstitutionpresumptivelyprotectsthatconduct. Tojustifyitsregulation,…thegovernmentmustdemonstratethattheregulationisconsistentwiththisNation’shistoricaltraditionoffirearmregulation.” Amodernrestrictionmustbeshowntobeanalogoustolaws(eitherstatutesorthecommo
