Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R...
by Retric on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:50PM
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Considering how concise the constitution’s language is, the second amendment’s wording is clearly representing something.
What that is and why it’s there is debatable. But, plenty of evidence exists that many states did not want this to be unlimited, the language was not direct, and the implementation gave states the option to limit things. That is plenty of room for debate, and in fact this topic has seen plenty of them over time.
Most evidence points to the fact that the second amendment was viewed from inception as an individual right. Especially if you look at the state proposals for the second amendment, which allow exceptions for things like individual circumstances (e.g. people who had participated in a rebellion).
McDonald said nothing new, or what wasn’t already obvious.