Before we get to the discussion, let me get this out the way that this is not a topic intended to be about gun control. Rather it is about the constitutional amendment and what it says. Because, let's face it, the wording isn't exactly clear.
Here it is, as ratified by the states and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson:
For two centuries it was accepted that the amendment had two clauses, the first pertaining to militias and the second pertaining to the ownership and that the first trumped the second. Meaning that the ownership of firearms was secondary to maintaining well regulated militias and that private ownership of firearms is not what it guarantees and not what it was intended for.
It is this interpretation I most agree with. The founding fathers were not stupid people and understood that firearms are dangerous weapons and not everyone is suited to own and operate one.
Here it is, as ratified by the states and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson:
"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."
For two centuries it was accepted that the amendment had two clauses, the first pertaining to militias and the second pertaining to the ownership and that the first trumped the second. Meaning that the ownership of firearms was secondary to maintaining well regulated militias and that private ownership of firearms is not what it guarantees and not what it was intended for.
It is this interpretation I most agree with. The founding fathers were not stupid people and understood that firearms are dangerous weapons and not everyone is suited to own and operate one.
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