Describes my sentiments perfectly. Thank you.
Really? I thought your repeated denials over many years that the 2nd Amendment protected an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms more accurately describes your sentiments King. These are your words... not mine:
Ed, historically the individual "right" to bear arms is relatively new. I believe John Ashcroft in 2002 became the first federal attorney-general to proclaim that individuals should be able to own guns. The Supreme Court in 2008 overturned all mainstream legal and historical scholarship by ruling that there is an individual right to own firearms although with some limits. Obama said it again last week.
I believe that during the previous 218 years the Second meant what it said: firearms shall be held by "the People"---a collective and not individual right---insofar they are in the service of "a well-regulated militia." Was an individual right even mentioned at the Constitutional Convention or in the House when it ratified the Amendment or when debated in state legislatures? I don't think so.
By the way, the Liberal Democrat Obama strongly disagreed with both the Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions which reaffirmed the IRKBA provision of the 2nd Amendment in 2008. I thought you'd appreciate the reminder. You're most welcome!
