Where in the Constitution does it say people can have all the guns they want?
Molly Carter, Trains with and shoots guns. Writer @ammo.com.
Updated Nov 1 · Upvoted by Jeff Wilson, Former 01 dealer and 03 collector FFL holder. and Mike Vonn, 20 years+ experience operating and maintaining firearms
It doesn’t.
What it does say is this:
… the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.[1] Let’s take a deeper look, shall we.
The Right of the People… If we look to the Declaration of Independence[2], we can see that the Founding Fathers believe certain rights, namely, we assume, those they listed in the Bill of Rights, to be unalienable.
According to Google, an unalienable right is a right that is unable to be taken away involuntarily or even voluntarily. So, basically, this is saying the people have a right that can’t be taken away.
…to Keep and Bear Arms… In the Supreme Court Case of District of Columbia v. Heller[3] (2008), it was ruled that “to keep and bear arms” allowed American citizens to keep firearms for their private use and that they did not need to be involved in a militia of any sort.[4]
…Shall Not Be Infringed. Shall. Not. Be. Infringed. Again, let’s go to Google for a definition. Infringed: “Act so as to limit or undermine; encroach on.” Words with similar meanings include: undermine, erode, diminish, weaken, impair. So, these rights shall not be limited or encroached upon. They should not be weakened or impaired.
Hmmm… Interesting.
So while the Constitution does not in fact say that people can have all the guns they want, it does say that the government, and the people themselves, can not infringe upon the right.
And since infringe means limit, then the Constitution clearly states that the People’s right to keep and bear arms shall not be limited.
Well then, I guess we can Constitutionally own as many damn guns as we’d like.
Without limits.
Without interference.
And without hassle.