The only restrictions in the second amendment, no matter what the (censored) say, are the restrictions placed in the government. Dementia is no excuse for not understanding this!
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If you read the words of the Founding Fathers, the current military service weapon is exactly the sort of arms they intended to be outside the scope of federal law. The patriots of the day used the same Brown Bess and Charleville muskets that the armies of the two major world powers used at the time. They also used highly accurate Kentucky rifles that were on the cutting edge of sniping technology 80 years before rifles became standard military issue.dannyd93140 said:If the 2nd amendment was treated as it should be: You would be able to own an M-16 Without any restrictions.
You can own an M-16 issued to you as part of a well regulated militia. The Second Amendment, which originally was a compact between the states and the federal government guarantees that right to the states.dannyd93140 said:If the 2nd amendment was treated as it should be: You would be able to own an M-16 Without any restrictions.
{hs#casonet said:I agree, but yet someone out there is going to get a different take on it. Remember? "It depends on what the meaning of the word IS,.....IS".
Today's AR15s are 1776's muskets. 'Nuff said.EricB said:Read and understand what the author's were thinking about freedom from oppression, and individual rights and the meaning is clear.
But that was a criminal trying to weasel-word his way out of a tight spot.casonet said:I agree, but yet someone out there is going to get a different take on it. Remember? "It depends on what the meaning of the word IS,.....IS".
It's always easier to blame in adamant objects than people. That's how we got Thousands of new warning labels. Warning the Coffee is Hot.47MolineRTU said:Disappointing to see gun owners that support gun bans. Guns are not the problem, people are the problem.
The Supreme Court has the final say on what the Constitution means.EricB said:Obviously lawyers aren't experts on the constitution.
I don't understand what Abortion has to do with the Second Amendment: If you keep your pants up or skirt down and control yourself; abortions aren't needed.SuperXOne said:The Supreme Court has the final say on what the Constitution means.EricB said:Obviously lawyers aren't experts on the constitution.
Heller was a close 5-4 decision. It could become as unpopular as Roe vs Wade in another fifty years. It could be overturned.
What makes Heller so very valuable is Justice Scalia's holding that our right to own the common arms commonly used by the people dates back centuries before the constitution was written. The Second Amendment secures, but not create the ancient right to be armed.
So, even if the Second Amendment was repealed, by another amendment we'd still have the same rights to own and use arms as we do to travel, engage in the common occupations, and get married to who we choose, as inalienable rights not written into the constitution but essential to a free society.
But if Heller and McDonald are ever overturned, entirely, we will only have the right to own and use military weapons as part of a well regulated militia.
The ancient right for free people to be armed, that dates back to the Roman Empire, doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker.
But every single lawyer without any exception will respect Heller and McDonald as long as they are good law like they are forced to accept Roe vs Wade, whether they agee or not.
That's priceless.
It means the most liberal judge in the most liberal state must obey Heller the same way as the most conservative judge in the most conservative state must obey Roe vs Wade.
Neither the right to be armed or the right to have a legal early term abortion is anywhere to be found in the express wording of the original constitution.
But the use and possession of common arms and the privacy to have an early term abortion are both ancient rights at common law.
Abortions were not outlawed until about the same time as the first gun control laws.
At common law life began after a child was born alive, and made it's first cry.
And at common law the government had the right to call up the militia, and regulate their arms.
But freemen have enjoyed the right to common arms in use among the people since the days of the Roman Emperors.
It's well known that most people who love guns hate abortion, and vise versa.dannyd93140 said:I don't understand what Abortion has to do with the Second Amendment: If you keep your pants up or skirt down and control yourself; abortions aren't needed.SuperXOne said:The Supreme Court has the final say on what the Constitution means.EricB said:Obviously lawyers aren't experts on the constitution.
Heller was a close 5-4 decision. It could become as unpopular as Roe vs Wade in another fifty years. It could be overturned.
What makes Heller so very valuable is Justice Scalia's holding that our right to own the common arms commonly used by the people dates back centuries before the constitution was written. The Second Amendment secures, but not create the ancient right to be armed.
So, even if the Second Amendment was repealed, by another amendment we'd still have the same rights to own and use arms as we do to travel, engage in the common occupations, and get married to who we choose, as inalienable rights not written into the constitution but essential to a free society.
But if Heller and McDonald are ever overturned, entirely, we will only have the right to own and use military weapons as part of a well regulated militia.
The ancient right for free people to be armed, that dates back to the Roman Empire, doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker.
But every single lawyer without any exception will respect Heller and McDonald as long as they are good law like they are forced to accept Roe vs Wade, whether they agee or not.
That's priceless.
It means the most liberal judge in the most liberal state must obey Heller the same way as the most conservative judge in the most conservative state must obey Roe vs Wade.
Neither the right to be armed or the right to have a legal early term abortion is anywhere to be found in the express wording of the original constitution.
But the use and possession of common arms and the privacy to have an early term abortion are both ancient rights at common law.
Abortions were not outlawed until about the same time as the first gun control laws.
At common law life began after a child was born alive, and made it's first cry.
And at common law the government had the right to call up the militia, and regulate their arms.
But freemen have enjoyed the right to common arms in use among the people since the days of the Roman Emperors.
Abortion comes from two people that made bad choices. Has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment. Can we move on now.SuperXOne said:It's well known that most people who love guns hate abortion, and vise versa.dannyd93140 said:I don't understand what Abortion has to do with the Second Amendment: If you keep your pants up or skirt down and control yourself; abortions aren't needed.SuperXOne said:The Supreme Court has the final say on what the Constitution means.EricB said:Obviously lawyers aren't experts on the constitution.
Heller was a close 5-4 decision. It could become as unpopular as Roe vs Wade in another fifty years. It could be overturned.
What makes Heller so very valuable is Justice Scalia's holding that our right to own the common arms commonly used by the people dates back centuries before the constitution was written. The Second Amendment secures, but not create the ancient right to be armed.
So, even if the Second Amendment was repealed, by another amendment we'd still have the same rights to own and use arms as we do to travel, engage in the common occupations, and get married to who we choose, as inalienable rights not written into the constitution but essential to a free society.
But if Heller and McDonald are ever overturned, entirely, we will only have the right to own and use military weapons as part of a well regulated militia.
The ancient right for free people to be armed, that dates back to the Roman Empire, doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker.
But every single lawyer without any exception will respect Heller and McDonald as long as they are good law like they are forced to accept Roe vs Wade, whether they agee or not.
That's priceless.
It means the most liberal judge in the most liberal state must obey Heller the same way as the most conservative judge in the most conservative state must obey Roe vs Wade.
Neither the right to be armed or the right to have a legal early term abortion is anywhere to be found in the express wording of the original constitution.
But the use and possession of common arms and the privacy to have an early term abortion are both ancient rights at common law.
Abortions were not outlawed until about the same time as the first gun control laws.
At common law life began after a child was born alive, and made it's first cry.
And at common law the government had the right to call up the militia, and regulate their arms.
But freemen have enjoyed the right to common arms in use among the people since the days of the Roman Emperors.
Justice Scalia, a conservative Saint and liberal troglodyte, joined in the opinion that made it legal to burn the American flag.
We don't need a constitutional right, to enjoy a mother's love, hot dogs, apple pie and baseball.
We need a right to make the local little government officials madder than all hell at us for burning flags, owning a common gun, or having a safe legal abortion, or marrying a dude if we like other dudes.
If you found, and there is one, the most liberal county commission in America, with three women that hate all guns, they don't have the right to ban your handgun.
That's the law of Heller, and other decisions like it.
The same three right wing old white men sitting on the most conservative county commission in America, also can't outlaw an abortion clinic, or a mosque, or make your kids pray before lunch at school.
That's Roe vs Wade, and other decisions like it.
Ideology must give way, to the ancient rights of free people everywhere.
According to Heller, you can live anywhere in the USA including the North Marina Islands, and sleep secure your local county commission can't outlaw you handgun.
You just have no right to "M16s and the like" which are reserved for the government.
The same county commission can't close down a licensed abortion clinic.
No matter how much, either wants to.