The Second Amendment (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
June 10, 2024, 02:17:24 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Discussion
  Constitution and Law (Moderator: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.)
  The Second Amendment (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: The Second Amendment  (Read 9064 times)
Bono
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 11,703
United Kingdom


« on: October 30, 2005, 01:12:56 PM »

On gun control I feel that the second clause determines the right of everyone to own  a gun (obviously certain people such as ex-felons/violent criminals shouldn't be allowed to) and under the 9th amendment, states (or in some cases they should defer to local governments) should be able to set their own policy what sort of guns are allowed to bought/used/possesed in that state.

The ninth amendment says nothing about states, and if anything it disproves your point.
Quote
You must be logged in to read this quote.
I see this as meaning no state can infringe on the Constitution and as the government is already laid out, with superior clause, the state government cannot do anything to contradict the Constitution thereby enhancing our freedom to bear arms.

Oops, I meant 10th amendment.  And like AuH2O the 14th amendement would apply the 2nd amendment to all the states so no state could deny anyone (with a few exceptions) the right to own a gun, but they can place restrictions on which types of firearms can be possessed/sold, etc.

"shall not be infringed", not denied.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.022 seconds with 13 queries.