Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. State laws usually grant local governments the authority to impose limited curfews during emergencies where floods, fires, riots, looting, and other situations threaten the safety and welfare of a community.
2. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Second Amendment protects a personal right to possess a firearm for “traditionally lawful purposes” irrespective of one’s service in any militia.
3. The English common law recognized the right of the people to assemble peaceably for lawful purposes, but made unlawful assemblies, routs, and riots felonies.
4. An unlawful assembly is a group of persons who seek to commit unlawful acts or to use unlawful means to commit lawful acts.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
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