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Another twist to "the right to bear arms"

beneteau
I was just reading an article regarding "interpretation" of the 2nd amendment which, I hope, the Supreme Court considers. It centers on the phrase "the people". This same phrase is used in other amendments. If the Supreme Court disallows "the right of the people" to keep and bear arms, then "the people" would be disallowed as mentioned in other amendments.

Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment 2: 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.

Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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  • Ramtinxxl
    quote:Another twist to "the right to bear arms" 2ndAmendment.jpg
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    This is alyways hard for the gun haters to explain. Why, according to them, "the people" in the second amendment means the government, but in the first and other amendments "the people" means the people.
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  • 1911a1-fan
    quote:Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.


    that one is already gone
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  • buschmaster
    it's a good thing they made the bill of rights to clarify what can't be done by the govermnent, because as you can see without them our rights would get twisted all around and degraded even further.
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  • JamesRK
    A lot of the gun grabbers won't have a problem with wiping out the other nine along with the Second. They all have to go eventually anyway. Why not just take them all out with one court decision and save a lot of time and trouble later.

    Every thinking person knows the Second Amendment is a guarantee from the government to the government that the government will be allowed to arm the government. It really has nothing to do with "the people".
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  • Mr. Gunz
    The Patriot Act killed our rights!
    Thanks GWB
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  • Captplaid
    Yes. The Second Ammendment is the only place in the Bill of Rights our Founding Fathers meant the term "the people" to mean a collective right and not an individual right.

    The term "the people" is used collectivly in some places, like the in the preamble, but there it is preceeded by the qualifier "We".

    We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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