Posted on Feb 1, 2017
Should the 2d Amendment be amended to remove the confusing first phrase?
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What say you? Make it clear and unambiguous. One possible text:
"The right of the people to defend themselves, their property and their Nation being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
"The right of the people to defend themselves, their property and their Nation being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
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Any attempt to open the ammendment for any reason would result in massive cuts to our rights IMHO.
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That's clear enough, so what is them peeps major malfunction aside from dyslexic?...
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To some, the entire 2nd Amendment is confusing, but to the plain thinking man, in its entirety it is crystal clear.
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The 2nd amendment to the Constitution should not be changed. Any change in the language would open up another series of problems. The intent of this amendment was clear it is those individuals or groups who want to confuse others about what it represents. The 2nd amendment is not the only one that is being attacked. Another point to make is it would be difficult if not impossible to come up with the language that a majority of the stats would agree upon. Our Constitution has been around forever and has only been changed where it was necessary and a appropriate number of states agreed. No language in an amendment has ever been revised and we should not start now.
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That sounds pretty clear to me, but I don't have a law degree, so am not conversant in forked-tongue.
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I don't think it's confusing at all. Only those wishing to distort the meaning claim it's confusing and try to put other meaning into it or take meaning away from it.
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While we have made needed changes to the document. It is not wise to play around with the first 10. The anti-federalist worked hard to ensure the central government did not wield to much power. The Bill of Rights were fought against by the Federalist then and the current breed of federalist now. Do not mess with the original articles. Leave them alone.
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No, its written that way to protect us( the people ),the state and the nation.
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Is it confusing, or does it simply imply that the current popular interpretation may not be the right one?
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SPC Randy Torgerson
I say stop interpreting and use the words written. All interpreting means is that you want to change the meaning to fit your narrative.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
That's all anyone is doing at this point. As written, the Amendments states that the ability for the government to quickly raise a militia is so important that citizens should have ready access to their weapons. The militia mention is tantamount to a purpose statement for the amendment.
Having said that, as written there is an implied responsibility for the citizenry to be prepared to be called up when the government again needs to raise a militia, but we both know that that announcement would be met with hostility. We want the benefits of the amendment, but not the associated responsibilities.
Having said that, as written there is an implied responsibility for the citizenry to be prepared to be called up when the government again needs to raise a militia, but we both know that that announcement would be met with hostility. We want the benefits of the amendment, but not the associated responsibilities.
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MCPO Roger Collins
For context, read Federalist 46 and this article.
http://theweek.com/articles/629815/how-alexander-hamilton-solved-americas-gun-problem--228-years-ago
http://theweek.com/articles/629815/how-alexander-hamilton-solved-americas-gun-problem--228-years-ago
How Alexander Hamilton solved America's gun problem — 228 years ago
The case for well-regulated militias
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