Reply #111: Dang it X_Digger. [View All]

[beevul]

Ya beat me to it.

Its an argument ender. A real, factual, and true one. To deny that is to deny reality. I'm not saying that'll stop them or anything though...

As stated in the preamble, the only purpose of the proposed amendments was to prevent the federal government from "misconstruing or abusing its powers." To accomplish that, "further declaratory and restrictive clauses" were being proposed. The amendments, when adopted, placed additional restraints or limitations on the powers of the federal government. Every clause of the Bill of Rights, without exception, is either a declaratory statement or a restrictive provision. By design, every clause is either one, or the other. By design.

The Second Amendment, as illustrated by the preamble, doesn't place any restraint on the powers federal government concerning the States or their militias. It places restraint on the powers federal government concerning the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Consequently, any assertion the Second Amendment restricts the powers of the federal government concerning the State militias is patently false. And laughable at this point.

The preamble to the Bill of Rights shows - clearly and unequivocally - that the purpose of the Amendments was to prevent the federal government from abusing the powers granted to it by the constitution. To that end, further declaratory and restrictive clauses were being added to restrain the exercise of power by the federal government. Thus, the preamble negates any assertion that the purpose of the Second Amendment was to grant the States the right to maintain armed militias. It also negates the claim that the Amendment granted the people an individual right to keep and bear arms.

The sole purpose of the Second Amendment was to place an enumerated restraint on the powers of the federal government concerning the existing right of the people to keep and bear arms. The reasons why are not relevant. The restriction is what it is regardless.

Its almost sad. How absolutely airtight that is, and yet they still cling to the "militia" reading, and get stuck on "well regulated, as if those things have any at all.


I could have sworn they taught this stuff in schools. :shrug: