do i have the right to bear arms without hindrances from the government?

Question

when the constitution was written the times were black powder, although modern technology has improved from black powder to shells a more efficiant way to load a riffle or handgun but the principal is still the same . so i guess my question may seem redundant and even novice but why can i go buy a black powder riffle or pistol without government red tape but if i want to but a bolt action riffle i gotta be printed history searched and then i could still be denied a permit or fid card .if the firearms of today were present at time of independence would the right to bear arms been ommited? guns dont kill people i believe that and not all people kill without provcation and i have a right to privacy so why must it be invaded inorder to exercise another right like bear arms ?

Answer 1

Yes. But as you know there are gun laws. You can bear arms of course but you cannot but full automatic rifles. They are too powerful. You can protect yourself with a simple m9 and a shotgun.

Answer 2

you do have the right, but it is being subjected to the whims of Congress. the courts have not ruled on the second amendment in any way in more than 60 years, and even then it was just that a sawed off shotgun was not a militia weapon. (witch was decided with the defense absent form the court) some of the district courts say there is a collective right (the people is really the state), and others that say it is an individual right. the SCOUS has not ruled either way.
the idea that the second amendment is just for the weapons of the time like saying the freedom of speech is only for speaking, or what you write with a quill, how about freedom of the press only for printing presses in common use in 1776? the FF knew there would be new technologies.
we are the militia, according to Federal code. "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard." I'll let you fight it out with the AARP, and the feminists about there rights being left out.

we do not have a unlimited RTBA, just we we do not have an unlimited right to free speech. there are limits as to what you can do and say. if you dislike filliing out the paperwork, build your own, it is legal.

Answer 3

The right to bear arms is not independent of the other clause in the 2nd amendment, it says "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." That means you can keep a weapon so you can be enlisted in the National Guard and nothing else.

Now if you enlist int he National Guard, they will gladly give you a gun and teach you how to use it, care for it and they'll even give you amunition as well as pay you a salary!

There is no right to carry a gun on the street. That's a myth the NRA would like you all to believe. The privilege to own a gun may be restricted and conditioned by government.

Geesh, wish these gun nuts would study their history....

Answer 4

You have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Some local, state and federal laws have infringed upon or abrogated that right. Mainly, you can bear an arm in public, but you cannot bear it at the "terror of the public". That means that you cannot bear a firearm on private property or where the public is gathered.

It's all iffy, and subject to interpretation. Just don't carry a firearm.

Answer 5

The state you live in has more authority over what kinds of firearms you can own, or even whether you can own them in the first place, than the federal government does. The vast majority of gun laws on the books are state laws. It's not necessarily the feds who want background checks, registration, ao outright prohibition.

Answer 6

i would like to make some things clear on the constitutional rights to bear arms, it was originally meant for the war of independence, to keep British soldiers from barging in and just camping out in a persons home, it was never meant to be abused like it is today

Answer 7

You have a right to bear arms, but unfortunately your fellow Americans no longer value the words and values of the Constitution. So your rights are being denied to you.

Answer 8

If you want to avoid the BS get it from a Private owner. I don't like it either. "THEY" don't want you to have anything that gives you a fair chance. "THEY" want overwhelming superiority. Having numerical superiority is not enough, you must be denied access from anything that will allow you to defend yourself. Try buying some body armor.

Answer 9

If you really had that right shouldn't you be able to buy nucs? They're arms right?