Does The 2nd Amendment Protect The Individuals Right To Own Any Gun Or Weapon They Want ?
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Supreme Court Interpretation:
In the majority opinion authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Court first conducted a textual analysis of the operative clause, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The Court found that this language guarantees an individual right to possess and carry weapons. The Court examined historical evidence that it found consistent with its textual analysis. The Court then considered the Second Amendment’s prefatory clause, "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," and determined that while this clause announces a purpose for recognizing an individual right to keep and bear arms, it does not limit the operative clause. The Court found that analogous contemporaneous provisions in state constitutions, the Second Amendment’s drafting history, and post-ratification interpretations were consistent with its interpretation of the amendment. The Court asserted that its prior precedent was not inconsistent with its interpretation.
The Court stated that the right to keep and bear arms is subject to regulation, such as concealed weapons prohibitions, limits on the rights of felons and the mentally ill, laws forbidding the carrying of weapons in certain locations, laws imposing conditions on commercial sales, and prohibitions on the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons. It stated that this was not an exhaustive list of the regulatory measures that would be presumptively permissible under the Second Amendment.
Top Opinion
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ConLibFraud 2013/01/29 18:44:47Yes+9What kind of a dumbed down trick question is this?
All of the weapons that the military has access to belong to We The People. We The People pay for all of the military's weapons ... We The People own these weapons!!!
Just a friendly reminder to those who have taken oaths!!!!!!

















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The Court reasoned that the Amendment's prefatory clause, i.e., "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," announced the Amendment's purpose, but did not limit or expand the scope of the operative clause, i.e., "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Moreover, the prefatory clause's history comported with the Court's interpretation, because the prefatory clause stemmed from the Anti-Federalists' concern that the federal government would disarm the people in order to disable the citizens' militia, enabling a politicized standing army or a select militia to rule.
What misunderstood reasoning is there concerning our Constitutional rights to bear arms?
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Anybody who has the common sense to own a gun, more often than not follows the law. and they know that we are not allowed to have fully automatic guns. Its against the law. And those of us who follow the law, do not normally go looking for rocket launchers, or hand gernades, and flame throwers. That is ludercause to say the least. And the cosmetic make up of a gun or rifle does not mean it should be illegal to own or carry. Nor should the capacity make any difference. Legal gun owners do not use a gun for anything but self defense, and recreation. And using one for recreation is not part of the second amendment. If you hunt, target shoot, those are secondary uses of any gun.
We have thousands of gun laws, even every state, and like our President, each state and local government, picks and chooses whic of any of them the will enforce. And inste...
Anybody who has the common sense to own a gun, more often than not follows the law. and they know that we are not allowed to have fully automatic guns. Its against the law. And those of us who follow the law, do not normally go looking for rocket launchers, or hand gernades, and flame throwers. That is ludercause to say the least. And the cosmetic make up of a gun or rifle does not mean it should be illegal to own or carry. Nor should the capacity make any difference. Legal gun owners do not use a gun for anything but self defense, and recreation. And using one for recreation is not part of the second amendment. If you hunt, target shoot, those are secondary uses of any gun.
We have thousands of gun laws, even every state, and like our President, each state and local government, picks and chooses whic of any of them the will enforce. And instead of enforceing those laws. We choose to write more, and make them more restirctive, and to make criminals out of those who own guns legally and as is our right. And ignore those who use guns illegally, and holding them to account. But our President and all the other Liberals and Progressive Communists want legalize Illegal Aliends, and make criminals out of the law abiding.
And who are you to make the decision for me and all the other legal gun owners, as to what kind of gun we choose to use for our self defense, and to fullfill our Constitutional Right. And who are you to tell us what style it is, or what capacity it shold hold?
Politicians starting around 1930, decided to start restricting the amendments intent - and have tried to fiddle with it even more ever since.
All of the weapons that the military has access to belong to We The People. We The People pay for all of the military's weapons ... We The People own these weapons!!!
Just a friendly reminder to those who have taken oaths!!!!!!
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What Jefferson meant when he wrote this, in the grammatical style he wrote this is that we as a people have the right to have our own militia as long as it is well regulated, and that it is the right of the people WHO ARE IN THAT MILITIA to keep and bear arms. It's simple grammar. It is not the right of anyone to own any gun they damn well please, it is the right for the PEOPLE in the MILITIAS to KEEP and BEAR ARMS.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The right of the people is as clear as it can get. Shall not be infringed: Act so as to limit or undermine (something); encroach on: "infringe on his privacy".
Shall not limit or undermine. Seems pretty clear to even the smallest of minds. The debate should not be as to what size, caliber, or destructive capabilities, simply don't touch this right. There is no room for interpretation, the founders didn't leave any. It was written in plain English for a reason. No hidden words or innuendos.