The Second Amendment: A Primer

From Dan Zimmerman. July 2nd, 2017

Reader David F. Hammack writes:

The Constitution as a whole, including the Amendments, must be viewed through the lens of their time to be understood. But understanding the context of its creation isn’t as easy as it may seem.

The Second Amendment, for example is a beast. It’s been interpreted by the courts, including the Supreme Court, for the most egregious of political reasons, to distort its original meaning.

I’m not a Supreme Court Justice nor an attorney, and I don’t play one on TV. It’s not my intent to refute Cruikshank, but to offer a fresh historical perspective on the meaning of the Second Amendment

The Militia — What “They” Said ... .......

(We have linked to a copy on JPFO to obviate the need to see a sign-up option on the original, but the original does have a number of interesting comments at the bottom.)

There are and have been many attempts to clarify the Second Amendment - and inevitably there is always it seems some measure of disagreement, large or small. This is quite an in-depth analysis and provides significant food for thought on various aspects.

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