Comments on: Supreme Court Revisits Second Amendment

Hotly Anticipated Washington D.C. Gun Ban Case Goes Before Justices

[cfin5]

I forgot to thank Vice President Cheney for sticking up for my 2nd. Amendment rights. I appreciate that!

[michellem99-2009]

With that right to arms come the right to know when.how,why it is used. Most just shot to kill. That is not the reason to own a gun just to kill in cold blood. That right is aused. The Bill of Rights were added later. We the People. Our votes don''t count now..yet I am still going to vote.

[voidmaster-2009]

Since this case is about the meaning of certain wording, I am actually surprised that no one else (that I have observed) has brought up this point.

The U. S. Constitution addresses three different %u201Centities%u201D which it identifies as %u201Cthe Government%u201D (read%u2014Federal Government), %u201Cthe State%u201D (obviously, a government of any of the several states), and %u201Cthe people%u201D (individuals).

When taken in that context, the phrase %u201C%u2026right of the people%u2026%u201D seems to remove ANY confusion, regardless the intent of that particular amendment.

[voidmaster-2009]

Keep in mind, we%u2019re talking about of governmental body that considers its %u201Copinions%u201D as having more weight than truth. For example, if the Supreme Court ruled that the sky was in fact red, would it no longer be blue?

[bhappy2-2]

That remains to be seen. I can only hope!

[voidmaster-2009]

Very true. But will they?

[bhappy2-2]

VoidMaster- If the Justices do their job correctly we ALL win!

[voidmaster-2009]

Hmmm. Guess I win this''un.

[voidmaster-2009]

No true RIGHT is ever granted, at least not by any government. The Bill of Rights merely acknowledges those rights delineated therein that the government has no authority to remove from anyone.

Those individual articles are referred to as amendments because the Bill of Rights was added AFTER the rest of the constitution was written. It was added because many of the Founding Fathers, realizing that NO government could be trusted merely on its own merits, realized also that it was just a matter of time before even this one needed to be redressed forcibly.

[voidmaster-2009]

No true RIGHT is ever granted, at least not by any government. The Bill of Rights merely acknowledges those rights delineated therein that the government has no authority to remove from anyone.

Those individual articles are referred to as amendments because the Bill of Rights was added AFTER the rest of the constitution was written. It was added because many of the Founding Fathers, realizing that NO government could be trusted merely on its own merits, realized also that it was just a matter of time before even this one needed to be redressed forcibly.