I read a short article about the second amendment last night that - for me - put an interesting slant on the issue. The author's premise was that the amendment was put there not to guarantee our individual right to own a gun.
His take is that the amendment was put in place to stop the government from infringing on our right to own a weapon. It has nothing to do with the weapon itself, it simply limits the actions the government can take on you for owning one. See how that turns the whole thing on it's head and still makes sense?
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It's very simple. The entire structure of the constitution is designed to limit the size and scope of the federal government. Unfortunately, not successfully. The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, describe and inshrine individual freedoms, including your right to individually own a firearm. There was actually a debate when they were drafting the Bill of Rights about whether or not they needed to write down and include these fundamental rights; to free speech, owning a firearm, etc., etc. because the founding fathers believed that these rights were so fundamental they did not need to be in enshrined in the constitution. However, ahead of their time like many of them were, they decided to embody these individual fundamental rights in the constitution. So the second amendment is both. It is a component of the constitution designed to limit the federal government, and it is an explicit recognition of your individual right to own a firearm.
ReplyDeleteTotally correct. The Bill of Rights are LIMITATIONS ON GOVERNMENT - a list of what it may not do. For example, government may not take rights to itself just because they aren't listed in the BoR. The rest of the constitution tells government what and how it may act (however much ignored in fact); the BoR basically says 'everything else, and in particular THESE examples, belong to the citizens and NOT to the government. This was Civics 101, week 1, when I was in 10th grade.
ReplyDeleteand now you understand why the DEPT of ED had to go. and now the kids have no idea what the bill of rights is.
Deletethat load of bullshit called "social studies" is what kids are taught. and that has been going on for what the last 40 plus years now. ask any kid or even college student about Civics and they will have a blank look on their face.
gov't schools and the damn teachers union have done this. they want the kids to be stupid.
stupid people are so much easier to control after all.
That is the correct interpretation. Anything else implies that the government is granting you the right to self defense. (It does not) That right is given to us by our creator, never by man. It's true purpose is to limit government power. (Shall not be infringed)! That applies to all weapons past, present, and future.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the party, Pal!
ReplyDeleteThe federal list papers spell it out
ReplyDeleteFirst, you must begin with the premise that RIGHTS ARE GOD-GIVEN, not government granted. THAT is the premise of ALL our founding documents. Then, you must realize that EVERY Amendment is simply an elucidation of SOME of the rights that are implied by our mere humanity, with the 9th and 10th making it VERY CLEAR that the list of 8 is NOT all-inclusive, and that every other right is RETAINED by the INDIVIDUAL and the SEPARATE states above the right of the federal government. Then, the previous 8 are 100% LIMITS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT on the individual citizens. The founding fathers made all of that very clear in their writings like the Federalist Papers and many, many, many more.
ReplyDeleteSteve the Engineer - LOL! I could hear Bruce Willis' voice in my head when I read that. 😂
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