A ban on Semi autos completely eviscerates the 2nd amendment.
If a law like this were passed it would need to be an Amendment. I would also say that law enforcement and domestic military groups would have to also adhere, and if military did not, then there should also be exemptions for militias.
At the time the Constitution was written the 2nd amendment was added in response to the tyranny that the states feared from the federal government. The right to arms was important to them for fear that they were changing one tyranny under the King George III for a much closer tyranny Under the new rulers of the United States.
The Constitution would not have been passed without an Amendment ensuring this.
We would not have the country as we know it today if that right had not been granted at the formation of this country.
The 2nd amendment was not written for self defense or hunting. The 2nd amendment was written as a final check on government, and an insurance policy on their "right to revolt" which is clearly defined and outlined in the Declaration of Independence.
It may be outdated, that is not what we are talking about here, we are talking about undermining the constitution, point blank.
I believe the Federal Judges are wrong, and there is a lot of historical evidence for them not being infallible. In many cases they just express the political opinions of those that appoint them.
I think it is reasonable to add restrictions to the 2nd amendment, but short of taking someone's rights through due process of law, or mental adjudication, there needs to be an amendment to the Constitution,
I don't see why that is such a hard concept. If you want to change the Constitution and it's meaning, or update it to "modern times" then it should take form in an amendment.
Just as the 4th amendment needs to be amended to say that you have no reasonable expectation to your rights to privacy when your papers and effects are digital.
You could also amend the 5th to say that you have no right to a trial if the president "or any un-named high ranking official" thinks that you may have at some point aided or associated with terrorists, and may be killed accordingly.
Do you see how we could get rid of most of the awful laws and rules that have sprouted up in our country if we enshrined them in the constitution?
Established in 1995,
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