It goes against the Constitution, which gives me the right to keep and bear arms and that right shall not be infringed." [More]I hate when people say that and others spread it. A big and unnecessary part of the problem is that "The 2nd Amendment is my concealed carry permit" line popularized by Ted Nugent.
I know what they're trying to say, but that ain't the way to say it.
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I've been trying to work out how to cleanly say what the Constitution actually does.
This is the best I've come up with so far:
"The Constitution is We The People telling the government what it may do, and the Bill of Rights is We The People telling it what it must not do."
And the corollary of that is that the Constitution doesn't belong to the Government, especially not the Supreme Court. It belongs to We The People, as a collar and leash belongs not to the dog, but to the master.
Whenever We feel Our dogs straining at the leash, it is up to Us to scold them, put them in their kennel, or in the worst case, tie a particularly unruly one to a tree within sight of the pack and shoot it.
David - I'm with ya. I hate the phrase "2nd Amendment right".
Your last sentence nails it - ain't the way to say.
It is a natural right that all have, the second amendment is there to guarantee that right is not infringed (same as the other nine in the Bill of Rights).
"the second amendment is there to guarantee that right is not infringed"
Regrettably, that doesn't quite make the nut either.
If the Constitution guaranteed the RKBA, it wouldn't be so baldly infringed.
The Constitution is nothing more than a line in the sand; it's up to us to punish those who dare to cross it.
@ D.J. Moore
I wish I'd said that.
May I quote you on my Facebook page?
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