HAHAHHAA...but it does read that way, now doesn’t it?
A) everyone, you idiot!
B) individuals
C) all persons
D) adults
E) citizens
F) the people
When the second amendment was ratified in 1791, who were "the people" the Founders were referring to?
A) Everyone, you idiot!
B) Well, not everyone. Not foreigners. Just citizens.
C) Well, not convicts or the insane or felons or children. Most adult citizens.
D) Hmmm. Women didn't have full rights -- they couldn't vote. Adult male citizens.
E) Oops. Not Negro males. Adult white male citizens.
Very good class. "The people" in the second amendment were adult, white, male citizens. Last question.
According to the Militia Act of 1792, who were the militia?
A) Everyone, you idiot!
B) Adult, white, male citizens.
In 1792, the second amendment only protected adult, white, male citizens, coincidentally, the only ones allowed to serve in a well regulated Militia. Isn't it possible that the U.S. Supreme Court may look at that and conclude that the second amendment protected the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as part of a Militia?