My bona fides as an advocate of the 2nd Amendment are unassailable. I do not recognize the right of any government to disarm me. When my daughter was born I promised to always be there and to never be lying in a mall parking lot bleeding to death saying "Man I wish I woulda brought my pistol". I've carried on aircraft (with the pilot's permission) while escorting my team's weapons. I think guns are a wonderful way to kill bad guys. BUTT!!!!!!!!!!

The clown who brought a gun to the Obama healthcare farce did the cause of the right to bear arms no help though. On so many levels and for so many reasons this freedom exercising douchebag hurt the right to carry, the health care debate and the image of those who disagree with the President's many over reaches.

FFS, what was this idiot not thinking? And to top it off this bandito of ass was carrying a sign that said "It's time to water the tree of liberty" Good God, the rest of the quote is about killing tyrants. Say hello to the Secret Service and the IRS maroon, you brought this on yourself.

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Far be it from an Australia to question your amendments, but aren't Americans supposed to be part of a well regulated militia before they have the right to bear arms (or as part of that membership in the militia the right to bear arms is derived). And wouldn't that militia be basically a National Guard, Military Reserves unit (or something similar)?

Far be it from an Australia to question your amendments, but aren't Americans supposed to be part of a well regulated militia before they have the right to bear arms (or as part of that membership in the militia the right to bear arms is derived). And wouldn't that militia be basically a National Guard, Military Reserves unit (or something similar)?

 

The Second Amendment has not been interpreted in that restrictive fashion. See the most recent decision of the US Supreme Court, for example, in District of Columbia v. Heller.

 

I'm not an American, though I wish I was entitled to the same rights as they are in this respect.