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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Second Amendment The people of the 1790s understood this subject very well; the Second Amendment (and thank you, Ken): Lost in the gun rights debate, much to the detriment of American freedom, is the fact that the Second Amendment is an "AMENDMENT". (Actually, the Second Amendment is an ARTICLE; not an Amendment. The Bill of Rights has it’s own Preamble, and stands as a separate document. However, what is being said here is correct, as far as the meaning of the “changes in intent” accomplished by the Second Article of the Bill of Rights. The Articles of the Bill of Rights did not change the wording “within” the Constitution, but they did clarify and, in this case in particular, add absolute prohibitions to the Constitution. – David) None of the "Articles in Amendment" to the Constitution (commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights) stand alone and each can only be properly understood with reference to what it is that each Article amended in the body of the original Constitution. It should not be knowledge to any American claiming patriot status that the Constitution was first submitted to Congress on September 17, 1787 WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS. After much debate, it was decided that the States would not adopt the Constitution as originally submitted until "further declamatory and restrictive clauses should be added" "in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its (the Constitution’s) powers". (This quote is from the Preamble to the Amendments.) The first ten Amendments were not ratified and added to the Constitution until December 15, 1791. (The Constitution was not officially “adopted” by the states until the Bill of Rights was presented, and both were adopted at the same time. The Constitution was not in force prior to the adoption of the Bill of Rights, and this is why George Washington did not take office prior to this. An interesting study is finding out how many presidents served PRIOR to George Washington. – David) In this Light: "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." What provisions of the original Constitution is it that the Second Amendment is designed to "amended"? THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AMENDING THE PROVISIONS IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION APPLYING TO THE "MILITIA". The States were not satisfied with the powers granted to the "militia" as defined in the original Constitution and required an amendment to "prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers." What was it about the original Constitutional provisions concerning the "Militia" that was so offensive to the States? To answer this one must first understand that the word "militia" was used with more than one meaning at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. One popular definition used was one often quoted today, that the "Militia" was (and is) every able bodied man owning a gun. As true as this definition is, it only confuses the meaning of the word "militia" as used in the original Constitution that required the Second Amendment. "Militia" as amended by the Second Amendment is first found in the original Constitution at Article 1, Section 8, clause 15, where Congress is granted the power: "To provide for the calling forth the MILITIA to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrection and repel Invasions." Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16 further empowers Congress: "To provide for the 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, according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;" Any "patriot" still out there still want to be called a member of the "MILITIA" as defined by the original Constitution? If so, obey your commander: Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 empowers the President of the United States: "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;" The only way the States would accept the "MILITIA" as defined in the original Constitution was that the Federal "MILITIA" be "WELL REGULATED". The States realized that "THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE" required that the "MILITIA" as originally created in the Constitution be "WELL REGULATED" by "restrictive clauses." How did the States decide to insure that the Constitutional "MILITIA" be "WELL REGULATED"? By demanding that the Second Amendment be added to the original Constitution providing: "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED." The States knew that "PEOPLE" with "ARMS" would "REGULATE" the Federal "MILITIA"! Now the brightness of the Light may require sun glasses: "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." Is it not amazing how understanding clears the air? And please note, in reading this with a new understanding, the Second Amendment becomes an absolute ban on any type of restrictions placed upon the people owning arms by the “government.” ANY restrictions. Want a machine gun? Well, if you are a United States citizen, no, because you have the same status as a slave/property, and as such, no Rights. Please see the federal court decisions regarding United States citizens and the Bill of Rights.
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#1. To: richard9151, *balesping* (#0)
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall insure that the federal militia is well regulated. I like that interpretation.
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