To: Earl from Silvis
That is merely a purpose statement. the operative phrase is "shall not be infringed." The intent was to protect teh people from tyrannical government -- by providing for them to have the means they had used to throw off the most powerful empire in the world. (That's why it's right behind the First Amendment protections of speech, religion, association, and the press, BTW.)
19 posted on
02/21/2018 8:15:25 PM PST by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: TBP
An AR-15 won’t do much good against a tyrannical government that has nukes.
To: TBP
If “shall not be infringed” meant anything, there would be no gun control laws on the books.
There are how many on the books?
I’ve seen estimates of 300 to 20,000.
48 posted on
02/21/2018 9:25:38 PM PST by
SaxxonWoods
(DACA is going to be a riot!)
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