1/ On #Rittenhouse: The Supreme Ct's Heller decision does not expressly limit the 2d amend.'s protections to the home. In fact, it may suggest that the 2d amend. extends beyond the home. "Individual self-defense" is "the central component."
2/ However, even if 2d amendment protects the right to possess a firearm for self-defense outside the home, this right is not unlimited; it is subject to regulation.
3/ The Heller Ct didn't address possession of firearms by minors, but other courts have, concluding that restrictions on persons under 21 to purchase handguns —and the ability of persons under 18 to possess handguns—are "firmly historically rooted."
4/ #Rittenhouse's team discusses a "well-regulated militia" 2d Amend. defense. Although many colonies permitted or even required minors to own and possess guns for militia service, no "right" for minors to own and possess firearms has ever existed in this nation's history.
