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gregg
Lv 6
gregg asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 5 years ago

Do you think that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution should read 'The right of the Miitia to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed?'?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No, because that gives whoever controls the militia the ability to control the people. The Framers of the Constitution remembered well how important it was for citizens to be armed. Paul Reverero rode to warm the people that the British were coming to seize the armory and thereby disarm them.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Don't really give a sh!t because the US constitution and 2nd amendment rights mean absolutely nothing in my country.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    No.

    I like it JUST the way it IS.

    I don't belong to a militia.

    BTW,

    My guns and I have never ever aimed at a human being.

    Thanx for askin'!

  • Sienna
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    No. It should be amended to read "The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

  • Greg
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    That's what it has always said.

    At least until 2010 when 5 justices decided that it said something different.

    Are we afraid that 5 justices JUST MIGHT NOT agree with that interpretation in the future, hmmmm?

  • 5 years ago

    wouldn't matter

    since militia as mentioned in the constitution, means every male citizen over 18 years old

  • 5 years ago

    nope...... it was written that way for a reason......

    ....but then again, that understanding would take a bit of education and the understanding of men like John Locke and how he influenced founders like Thomas Jefferson...

  • 5 years ago

    The well regulated part needs to be left in.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It would not matter to the outcome of gun ownership if it were changed to read that way.

  • 5 years ago

    No. It should not be altered.

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