“I have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms!” “The 2nd amendment is my gun permit!”
“State gun laws violate the 2nd amendment!”
Most of the people who utter these words are well-intended. They are very passionate about their right to keep and bear arms, but I can’t help but wonder if they truly understand where rights come from or what the 2nd amendment means.
Perhaps they’ve never taken the time to think about what these worn out cliches imply: that our right to keep and bear arms is granted to us by the 2nd amendment, that without the 2nd amendment, no such right would exist and that the 2nd amendment is a “universal” prohibition against all gun laws.
The 2nd Amendment is your gun permit? I think not! [continued] http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/05/the-2nd-amendment-is-your-gun-permit-i-think-not/#.U3oHOygYaHQ