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Demonstrators advocate for gun rights at a rally in Salt Lake City, UT.

The Great Debate: Should the U.S. repeal the Second Amendment?

March 30, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Few issues in America today are as divisive as gun control. In the wake of tragedies such as the Parkland shooting, in which 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz killed fourteen former classmates and three adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in southeast Florida, many have called for stricter legislation surrounding firearms,Read More

Protestors demand stricter gun laws at a New York City march.

The Great Debate: Should the U.S. repeal the Second Amendment?

March 30, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” This is now understood as the right of an American citizen to keep aRead More

Freedom, Foner, and The Fourteenth Amendment

Freedom, Foner, and The Fourteenth Amendment

April 15, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

History students trudging through reading assignments or struggling to memorize a hodgepodge of dates and facts may often forget one particular beauty of the subject: its inseparable ties to reality. Two Choate students — Zemia Edmondson ’16 and Dylan Stafford ’16 — recently reminded themselves of this point by attendingRead More