~APD~ The Second Amendment has become a focal point for anti-gun proponents once more. Their message is that its time to re-evaluate the right to keep and bear arms, but the mistaken assumption is that the 2nd Amendment is easy to change. Like all amendments in the Bill of Rights, the 2nd Amendment does not create a right. Rather, it recognizes a right with which we were endowed by [our] Creator. Heres the text: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right the keep and bear arms shall not be infringed Normally stressed in this amendment are the two obvious assertions: 1. We possess the right to keep and bear arms and, 2. That right shall not be infringed. But of crucial importance is the fact that this amendment is the only one which protects a right our Founders considered necessary to the security of a free state. Obvious implications: No armed citizenry = no free state. This is why the Founders made this amendment so difficult to change or eliminate. Therefore, although it can be changed, the requirements for doing so are near herculean, especially in our day.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 03:12:55 +0000
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