Second Amendment Roundup: The Citizenship Clause Implicates the Second Amendment.

This article strongly favors a restrictive interpretation of Second Amendment rights for non-citizens, using extensive historical argumentation, constitutional law precedent, and amicus brief writing to support that position. The framing centers the author's own legal scholarship and interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment's 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' clause, presenting a particular constitutional reading as the natural or intended one rather than contestable.

Primary voices: academic or expert, elected official, Supreme Court, federal appellate court

• This article does not address counterarguments from civil rights scholars who argue the 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' clause was not intended to exclude birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizens or temporary visa holders
• This article does not address the practical or constitutional implications of denying Second Amendment rights to millions of people born and raised in the United States
• This article does not discuss immigration advocacy or civil society positions on this constitutional question