Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade

Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by standardUser on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:56PM (#31865591)

The court's view on the 2nd amendment is so wildly, outrageously out of line with the Founder's intentions, and the actual text of the law, that any hope of "restraint towards political activism" is beyond futile.

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by Der_Einzige on Friday June 24, 2022 @01:39PM (#31866360)

At the time of the founders private ownership of cannons was legal, which was the most powerful weapon at the time.

Framers likely would have claimed that private citizens should be able to own working tanks (gun and all). They believed in a monopoly of violence solely predicated on the ability to muster an army, not on bans of certain types of weapons.

But maybe we shouldn't give a fk about framers intent. That's where the real debate should be on...

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by jyounker on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:56PM (#31868476)

You seem to be overlooking that "well organized militia" clause.

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:58PM (#31868491)

Isn't that supposed to just be flavor text? In other words, we should take the constitution literally, except for that part of the second amendment, just ignore that.

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