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> I know this can be interpreted differently but to me it reads that nobody should be restricted from arming themselves. If you followed the absolute letter of
by ghostoftiber 4y ago
> I know this can be interpreted differently but to me it reads that nobody should be restricted from arming themselves.
If you followed the absolute letter of the law in the current US legal code, females should be disqualified from owning guns: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter12&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/sub...
George Mason, coauthor of the second amendment, was asked "Who is the militia?" He's been asked this several times and at one point said it was everyone except our politicians. He typically responds: "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for few public officials." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 425-426) - https://www.madisonbrigade.com/g_mason.htm https://www.madisonbrigade.com/g_mason.htm
The scope of the second amendment is the same scope as all other amendments which is to say it's an unlimited, and natural right. Anything else is just playing stupid games with lawyers.