stacarter
NES Member
Unfortunately that's not exactly how it works in practice. SCOTUS has read the 2nd amendment to be much weaker than I think it was intended to be. That said, fundamental rights can be limited in certain circumstances. At least according to SCOTUS.
While nice in theory, unfortunately the way our CJ system works is we A. Don't have enough room in large part because we put the wrong people in jail and B. everything is basically just ****ed up. What that means is we have people we know are dangerous and likely to re-offend we let out of prison.
Mike
And this little discussion right here is what I am talking about. Restate the 2nd such that under no circumstances can it be "interpreted" differently from the original and future intent. Something like: The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Arms are defined as any device, weapon or article that can be used to kill, injure, capture, intimidate or incapacitate any Citizen." That means we get machine guns and aircraft carriers if we can afford them. I am down with that.