2nd amendement modification? - Page 5

Al Norris · October 4, 2012, 09:47 AM

No discussion. There are succeeding amendments that modify that term.

MLeake · October 5, 2012, 02:11 AM

13, 14, 15, and 19 all leap to mind.

For discussion, BT, those were amendments specifically added to modify the original BoR - which is how things are supposed to be done.

Courts or politicians "re-interpreting" existing amendments is not how things are supposed to be done.

Use of the prefatory clause to argue that the 2nd Amendment did not apply to individuals did not even begin until the late 19th century. People who want to argue that is how it should work ought to be lobbying to add an amendment to modify the 2nd, not trying to twist the 2nd into what it is not.

Horny Toad · October 5, 2012, 08:13 AM

An interesting piece that does a nice job of explaining the 2nd Amendment and how it came to be: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira58.html

October 5, 2012, 08:13 AM	#103
Horny Toad Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2000 Location: NJ Posts: 191	An interesting piece that does a nice job of explaining the 2nd Amendment and how it came to be: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira58.html __________________ NRA Life Member We Don't Need No Steenking 2nd Amendment

October 4, 2012, 09:47 AM	#101
Al Norris Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 9,660	No discussion. There are succeeding amendments that modify that term.

October 5, 2012, 02:11 AM	#102
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	13, 14, 15, and 19 all leap to mind. For discussion, BT, those were amendments specifically added to modify the original BoR - which is how things are supposed to be done. Courts or politicians "re-interpreting" existing amendments is not how things are supposed to be done. Use of the prefatory clause to argue that the 2nd Amendment did not apply to individuals did not even begin until the late 19th century. People who want to argue that is how it should work ought to be lobbying to add an amendment to modify the 2nd, not trying to twist the 2nd into what it is not.