Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So where in the Holy Second Amendment do they mention hunting or felons? [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)iiibbb: The Bill of Rights defines individual rights
.. as well as limitations on congress. That is the accepted interpretion of the US Bill of Rights.
iiibbb: The second amendment does not say ".... the peoples' right to join/serve the militia shall not be infringed". Actually participating in the militia was considered compulsory if you were able bodied. Why would they put something compulsory in a part of the document enumerating rights?
'They' didn't. The 1791 2ndA does not make militia service 'compulsory', the Militia Act of 1792 made militia service compulsory. The Militia Act was a law, the 2ndA was an amendment to the constitution, as well as being in the american bill of rights.
And again (from a couple previous posts) scalia ruled that the 2ndA was derived from the english 1689 'have arms' decree, aka english bill of rights, and scalia referred to this an an 'individual right' having nothing to do with service in an english militia. He was wrong, the english 'have arms' decree pertained to individual right to belong to the militia.
My stretch in context isn't nearly as pretzelled as your attempt.
In light of your most recent faux pas, I can't stop laughing at this remark.
Learn to post in a thread by the way... I'm not going to go hunting for your responses next time.
I will post as I want, stop messing with my first amendment rights.
I don't care for this format actually, since 'internal' posting via replies means your post is likely to get buried & go unread except by the poster you replied to, who can ignore your post as well. Thus I prefer to tack it on the bottom, even tho it's a reply, since it tends to get more exposure. For what that's even worth.