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@Patriot96 Oh please, then. Tell us what we've been misinterpreting, what we missed or don't understand. I cannot wait read a detailed analysis free of conservative opinion and ignorance. Finally!

@Graylight try reading the second amendment

@Patriot96 @Patriot96 The Second Amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791.

In 1875, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment does not bar state regulation of firearms.

The next significant hearing on the 2nd amendment rights and all citizens wouldn’t be until 2008 with [i]D.C. v Heller[/i]. It was literally the first time SCOTUS had tackled the issue of the freedoms of the right to bear arms, and that decision was a 5-4 ruling. And because you have no idea [i]what [/i]the ruling said, let me assist:

The Court held that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to possess firearms unrelated to service in a well-regulated state militia, marking the first time the Supreme Court gave a definite answer on whether the Second Amendment provides an individual right to own and bear arms. However, the Court emphasized that the individual right to bear arms was not unlimited and certain forms of federal regulation remain permissible, including prohibiting the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, the possession of firearms in sensitive places such as school and government buildings, and the imposition of conditions on the commercial sale of firearms. Notably, [i]the Court’s holding only applied to Washington, D.C., rather than nationally.[/i] That coverage wouldn’t come for another 2 years with McDonald v. Chicago.

And this isn’t set in stone. A different court might interpret the amendment differently. The 2nd amendment isn’t some kind of sacred shield. It’s very punctuation is still controversial and up for debate; all SCOTUS did was take the Originalist view, which holds sacred each word of the Constitution without interpretation. That’s a little like leaving the hierarchy of Christian churches to the fundamentalists.

And then there are those of us, and we are legion, who understand hiding behind a document so you claim some right is not the same thing and protecting one’s fellow citizens in an epidemic of gun violence and doing what's good for the many at the expense of the few. Funny, I thought a patriot would understand that.

@Graylight When the Bill of Rights was written, the Second Amendment was inserted to pacify southern plantation owners who feared rebellion by their slaves. Blacks outnumbered whites in many areas of the South, the plantation owners had to have some way to keep them under control!

@Theyitis the 2nd is still relevant today. It protects us from lefty trolls

@Patriot96 That’s not why it’s in the Constitution.

@Theyitis Abundant historical evidence indicates that the Second Amendment was meant to leave citizens with the ability to defend themselves against unlawful violence. Such threats might come from usurpers of governmental power, but they might also come from criminals whom the government is unwilling or unable to control. National Constitution Center.