Reply To: Are gun rights protected by the First Amendment?

First amendment protects freedom expression, and there might be a first amendment issue raised by prohibiting display of a gun (especially if it was unloaded). It is unlikely to be litigated since the debate on guns focuses on the 2nd amendment. However if the right to gun ownership was restricted based on religion or political ideology, it would involve both amendments. (at least according to those who hold guns are for self-defense, a more traditional reading of the 2nd amendment is that its primary purpose was to allow dissidents to own guns).