To Gun or Not to Gun...
©2013 by LeeZard AMENDMENT II A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Let’s start the political war of the century. Let’s try to amend the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. YOIKS! Of course, the Second Amendment is at the core of the debate over gun control. What gets lost in this emotional debate is the discussion over the intent of the Second Amendment. Did the framers of The Constitution intend that each individual has the right to keep and bear arms or did they mean that the state must be free to keep and bear arms for a “well-regulated militia?” Signing of the U.S. Constitution While the National Rifle Association is very clear in its interpretation of the Second Amendment, the issue is clouded by such groups as the American Civil Liberties Union, the beacon of individual rights against an encroaching government, which contend...