June 26, 2016

The Supreme Court and Guns


 Written in 1787, the short and complete second amendment:

"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."

That's no longer the law in 2016.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the amendment protected individuals’ right to possess firearms unconnected to any service in a militia.
Seems to me the Supreme Court also decided that the original wording meant a group right.
So that is the law. Individuals have the right to firearms and the militia argument is over. That can be changed again by another Supreme Court ruling, or other processes.
The Supreme Court should be one of your first considerations when deciding on who to vote for president. It's a shame the Supreme Court is so political, but that's nothing new.




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