Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Does the Second Amendment belong in the Bill of Rights? Why or why not? [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)But 'separate but equal' changed meanings in front of the supreme court. Perhaps 'well regulated' will change meanings one day.
So that it means something close to 'well regulated'.
The founding fathers gave the right to 'the people' not to each person. There are instances (in the bill of rights) where rights are granted to a 'person' and the second amendment is not one of them.
The fact that the second amendment gives the right to 'the people' to keep and bear arms with the 'explanation' that free people need a 'well regulated militia' doesn't seem like a personal right at all, rather a states right (or smaller government entity) so that a group of citizens can protect themselves, rather than have to wait for federal troops.
Conceptually, this makes sense. Interpreting this as a right for urban dwellers to protect their home from burglars; does not. IMHO.
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