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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 2nd Am history: Until 1959, every law review article concluded it didn't guarantee an individ right [View all]sarisataka
(21,340 posts)40. And finally we come to agreement
Just as the First Amendment does not grant any rights, but simply enumerates several, the Second Grant's no rights.
DoJ 1938 amicus brief: Second Amendment does NOT grant to the people the right to keep and bear arms, but merely recognizes the prior existence of that right and prohibits its {militial} infringement by Congress
The entire BoR is a restriction on the government.
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2nd Am history: Until 1959, every law review article concluded it didn't guarantee an individ right [View all]
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
OP
Yup, Scalia's opinion in DC vs Heller enshrined something made up out of whole cloth
RockRaven
Aug 2019
#1
Can we change the name of this forum? "Gun control and made-up Republican RKBA"?
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
#5
It's been considered here several times before, and shown to be false
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2019
#63
As you've seen, if ones' only strengths are 'repeated argument by assertion'...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2019
#11
It's sad that you and 16 other people believe that law review articles actually have legal weight
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2019
#10
Thank you. I didn't have the energy to deconstruct sarisataka's many misleading points
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
#29
Wow. DOJ 1938: "2nd A does not grant to the people the right to keep and bear arms"
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
#32
Obvious answer: Because, when read in full, it doesn't say what James claims it says.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2019
#52
Yes. Scalia was a right-wing partisan and his "originalism" was just a front
sharedvalues
Aug 2019
#31