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Originally Posted by dyna mo
The only U.S. Supreme Court ruling that actually focused on the Second Amendment, U.S. v. Miller, found that there is no individual right to bear arms independent of national self-defense concerns.
The Supreme Court has spoken only once, it has spoken in favor of the civilian militia interpretation, and it has not spoken since. If the Court has held a different view, it has certainly had ample opportunity to rule on the matter since then.
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.
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Incorrect.
"The Supreme Court of the United States first ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess and carry firearms.[1]
In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions officially establishing this interpretation. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia[1][2] and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home within many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession listed by the Court as being consistent with the Second Amendment.[3] In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...s_Constitution
Quote:
Originally Posted by dyna mo
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.
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Do you nitoce the comma's? That means they are seperating things. The State is one entitiy which would protect itself. And the People are another.
1. well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,
2. the right of the people to keep and bear arms
Otherwise it would read something along the lines of this
a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, lead by the people have a right to keep and bear arms, and this shall not be infringed.