Originally Posted by
peggy
Restricting rights. That's what i keep hearing...restricting rights. Kind of a straw man, or redirect. But, if you want to talk the constitution, let's talk the constitution.
First of all, who said owning every weapon of death every created is a right? If you want to keep with the strict meaning of the constitution, then let's do that. Let's look at the weaponry available at the time the second amendment was written and go with that. Muskets? Cannons maybe? Sure. Arm yourself with a musket. You have that right AS WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS. They only knew muskets, and not owning time machines, had muskets in mind when they wrote that. So, gather unto yourself all the muskets you want, and form your militia. Let us stick, absolutely, to the TRUE MEANING of the writers of the constitution.
These weren't magic men. They didn't have crystal balls. if you profess to be a strict constitutionalists, then you must know that it was written according to the times. When the founding fathers wrote the 2nd amendment, What weaponry did they have in mind? What weapon did they think of? I say let's stick with that.