05-03-2023, 12:57 PM
Smote wrote:
Violate the Constitution and try and ban handguns? The 2nd Ammendment guarantees the right to own firearms for common defense, and personal defense.
No, the Second Amendment itself does NOT say that!
“II. A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
Further…
“Article 1, Section 8. The Congress shall have Power...”
“To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the “Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”
“To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;”
“Article 2, Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;”
Smote wrote: Banning handguns would violate the Constitution. It has already been tried and ruled on.
- The Roe v. Wade decision was the law… until it wasn’t.
- The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision was the law… until it wasn’t.
District of Columbia v. Heller could ALSO be overturned!