(Reuters) - The robust American traditions of free speech and gun rights are clashing at anti-racism protests this year in a way rarely seen before in the United States, legal scholars and law enforcement leaders say. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees citizens the right to free speech, and the Second the right to bear arms. The 2008 gun ruling does not address a lot of real life situations, scholars say, including the specific question of whether carrying a gun in the open is a protected right. Zick and Magarian acknowledge it is difficult to measure exactly how free speech is being chilled by public gun carriers. There is no First Amendment right to attend a gun-free protest, the legal experts said.

Source: The Star September 11, 2020 12:33 UTC