End the Madness Now | End the Madness Now. Control Firearms in America!
End the Madness Now | End the Madness Now. Control Firearms in America!
Description: A blog of news, ideas and opinion about the promotion of gun safety and the prevention of gun violence in America.
January 2, 2017
As we welcome the New Year, bidding 2016 a sorry adieu, we reflect on the much-discussed Second Amendment of the US Constitution : “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.” What does it mean? What does it not mean? For better insight it is useful to examine the actual wording.
The language clearly situated the citizenly right to bear arms in the context of a “well regulated” militia. Regulated how and by whom? Or more to the point, in a representative democracy who possesses the authority to regulate? The answers depend on the level of government, but regulation certainly falls within the public realm and not the private sector acting individually or as as a corporate whole.
End the Madness Now | End the Madness Now. Control Firearms in America!
End the Madness Now | End the Madness Now. Control Firearms in America!