Gun nuts and the 2nd

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 14 10:07:27 PDT 1999


John K. Taber wrote:


>My understanding is that it is the SC that determines what the
>Constitution says, and it has made no ruling on the meaning of
>the 2nd.

Dan's article says it's the consensus of legal scholars and historians now that the Second Amendment does refer to the individual right to bear arms - and that the liberal dodge, which is to focus on the "well-regulated militia" language, is all wrong. Read the article and see.

Doug



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