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Jnew28

(931 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 06:01 PM Jun 2016

The Irrelevant Second Amendment Argument!

Please read and share: http://stupidpartymathvmyth.com/1/post/2016/06/irrelevant-second-amendment-argument.html

"Second amendment sloganeering and bumper stickers. This is dead simple a) The 2nd amendment is not unambiguous, plus there remains controversy over the precise grammar that impacts its intentions, b) the Constitution by definition changes every time the Supreme Court makes a ruling, and there have been such rulings and most importantly c) if any action taken by the Government is unconstitutional—then that is why we have the Supreme Court in the first place—so what the hell are they worried about. Like all things Stupidparty—it is simplistic sloganeering to rile up an uninformed fearful base."

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The Irrelevant Second Amendment Argument! (Original Post) Jnew28 Jun 2016 OP
Extra butter on mine, please. KamaAina Jun 2016 #1
It makes sense for the most part, once past the confusing beginning stuff. jmg257 Jun 2016 #2

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
2. It makes sense for the most part, once past the confusing beginning stuff.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 07:32 PM
Jun 2016

"...Englishmen in the era of Blackstone—the same era as the American Revolution and the drafting of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment—would have understood that there were two sets of rights related to the keeping and bearing of arms: an absolute right as part of the ancient English militia tradition and coupled with the responsibility of militia service, and a second auxiliary personal right to bear arms for self-defense but subject to various conditions and regulations. "

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