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Ahem.. second cough amendment cough .
by coolspot 8y ago
Ahem.. second cough amendment cough .
- pmiller2 8y agoThe second amendment includes the word "regulated" for a reason.
- ben509 8y agoThe term meant "disciplined" or "skilled" at that time. The 2A doesn't authorize the militia, that was authorized in Article 1 Section 8, specifically "[The Congress shall have the Power] To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia." Note that when the Constitution gives the government power it plainly notes as much.
- Karunamon 8y ago..in reference to the militias, not the arms. Meaning training and proficiency.
- pmiller2 8y agoYep, and who gets to set the standards for training and proficiency? And what exactly is a "militia"? Surely it's not random people with firearms. That would not be very well regulated (in any sense), would it?
- Karunamon 8y agoThat reasoning was pretty much explicitly shot down in Heller. "To promote X, you have right Y" does not mean the existence of right Y is dependent on X.