03-14-2018, 07:59 PM
I don't want to disarm this country Pappy. I respect the Second Amendment.
None of the Founders' papers you referenced alludes to citizens having the right to bear any and all arms, accessories and ammunition.
So, when people claim that any firearm restrictions are Second Amendment violations, even though those restrictions in no way constitute disarming the country, it's simply their interpretation.
The Founding Fathers were human, just like Supreme Court Justices. Perhaps the Founders got it wrong in not being more specific in writing the Second Amendment. You're human. Perhaps your interpretation is wrong and simply absolutist wishful thinking.
For practical purposes, that doesn't really matter. Human and flawed as the Supreme Court Justices surely are, the power to interpret constitutionality of laws belongs to them. And, they've ruled many firearm restrictions to be constitutional and ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms for 'self defense, but not without limitations.'
None of the Founders' papers you referenced alludes to citizens having the right to bear any and all arms, accessories and ammunition.
So, when people claim that any firearm restrictions are Second Amendment violations, even though those restrictions in no way constitute disarming the country, it's simply their interpretation.
The Founding Fathers were human, just like Supreme Court Justices. Perhaps the Founders got it wrong in not being more specific in writing the Second Amendment. You're human. Perhaps your interpretation is wrong and simply absolutist wishful thinking.
For practical purposes, that doesn't really matter. Human and flawed as the Supreme Court Justices surely are, the power to interpret constitutionality of laws belongs to them. And, they've ruled many firearm restrictions to be constitutional and ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms for 'self defense, but not without limitations.'