Dave Brownlow on Gun ControlConstitution Party Senate Challenger |
A: DO SUPPORT--the bill of rights protects individual rights, not a collective right.
Notice that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms," does not limit us to the little peashooters they allow us to keep. While modern nasty looking guns were not around when the 2nd Amendment was written, that is precisely the kind of capability our founders intended for a well armed militia--as they were well aware that there could come a time when the people may need to use some extra persuasion to reign in a rogue federal government.
Only a government-educated lawyer could read the words "the right of the people," and conclude that the rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment are limited to "the people" in the National Guard.