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* gun "buy back" programs officiated by city police
* gun "buy back" programs officiated by city police
==Weapons covered==
The drafters of the Second Amendment probably had muskets and hand guns in mind, but courts are now struggling to define the weapons covered by the "right to bear arms" in the 21st Century.
For example, the Connecticut Supreme Court in [http://jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR315/315CR113.pdf''State v. DeCiccio'' (2015)] upheld the constitutionality of a state law prohibiting the transportation of a police batton or dirk knife in a motor vehicle. Yet, the Court struck down the statute to the extent that it infringed on the defendant's right to transport them between his old and new residences.
There are also lower court cases finding Second Amendment protection for tasers, billy clubs, switchblades and other weapons that are less lethal than hand guns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/16/second-amendment-protects-dirk-knives-and-police-batons/|title=Second Amendment protects dirk knives and police batons|first=Eugene |last=Volokh |date=December 16, 2014|work=Washington Post|accessdate=February 7, 2015}}</ref>
== Footnotes ==
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