| Here's my opinion on the Second Amendement.
The Bill of Rights was written almost exclusively to protect the rights of the people, with the exception of the Tenth which was to protect the rights of the States. (Which of course the Federal Government tramples on left and right these days) In my mind, the idea that the Second Amendment does not protect the rights of the people to own and possess firearms is laughable, it may not be the best written amendment, but it still seems readable to me. I believe it means that the people are allowed to own guns and the States are allowed to organize their own militias, to serve as a defense from a foreign aggressor or even a Federal Government that is overstepping its bounds. South Dakota just passed a law allowing guns on campus for students with CCW and allows the storage of firearms on campus, that was an unconstitutional law banning them in the first place, but that's hardly the point I am getting at here. The point is that now any student can store a weapon in their dorm room and anybody with a CCW permit (which can only be acquired after certification anyways so not like every drunk bastard from West River is going to be carrying around a pistol) and this is a right protected by the Constitution. I don't particularly agree with the Second Amendment whole-heartedly and in a world where the Air Force plays such a huge role on the battlefield I doubt our ability to "overthrow" the government without the support of at least two branches of the military is feasible. However, whether I think it should be a protected right or not is irrelevant, the Constitution says we can own firearms and until a new amendment is passed nullifying the Second Amendment we will continue to have the right to own firearms. The Second Amendment won't be overturned in the Supreme Court, it has to be overturned by a new amendment to the Constitution.
That's my "Self-righteous rant, while being a hypocrite to boot" for this topic.
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Please note that 98% of what I say is my opinion and/or my "version" of the facts. Most of what I say is rumor with little to no evidence to back it up, just something I picked up somewhere.
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