Charles L. Blek Jr.

Charles L. Blek Jr. argues in the following viewpoint that several court cases have ruled that the Second Amendment does not grant individuals the right to own guns. Responsible gun laws do not infringe on individual rights granted by the U.S. Constitution, he maintains, and are the only way to regulate guns and decrease gun violence. Charles L. Blek Jr. is an attorney and Western regional director of the Bell Campaign (now known as the Million Mom March), a national grassroots organization whose mission is to prevent gun death and injury.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Blek, what did the Supreme Court rule about the purpose of the Second Amendment in the Miller case?
2. What example does the author provide to illustrate that the First Amendment’s right...