Right to bear arms. What is your interpretation?

Question

For more clarification on this topic. I am not a liberal, I have in fact been a member of the NRA since I was 11.

Answer 1

If you're not a criminal, the Constitution of the USA guarantees you the right to keep and bear arms. No big mystery there. Oh, I forgot to mention that I have been a Life Member of the NRA for 45 years, ever since I turned 13.

Answer 2

"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."

While I believe that it's been interpreted the same way, and shouldn't be changed, I do believe the original intent was to make sure that weapons were legal so militias could be formed to fight against any potential backlash from the British. It eventually did happen, with the war of 1812.

However, it has been interpreted (for a long time) that anybody can have a gun anywhere for any reason. This is simply not true; two examples are felons and anybody on an commercial airplane (short of the air marshal). However, like I stated above, it should be "corrected", but I think people need to not be so hostile about their gun rights.

Answer 3

Its quite simple really.

Gun control is a hot political topic. Those so called "red states" notice how they are all in the middle of the country. You see in places where there isnt a cop for miles, help? yeah right; someone comes on your property, you'll wish you had that M-16 afterall.

But in cities with two to 6 million people interacting every day, leasing square feet not acres in ever so compact spaces. If everyone had a gun.. well that wouldnt be good.

So some type of Federal Rural gun control law may work

Answer 4

No interpretation needed:

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.

All Americans have the right to bear arms for the purpose of serving in a militia.

-dh

Answer 5

In today's age no one but the police and army should bear guns, how many people have to be murdered before the ignorant narrow minded politicians change the laws to save people lives. People who agree with the right to bear arms have obviously not experianced a loss associated with guns.

Answer 6

I believe the second amendment is crystal clear. The citizens of the USA have the right to keep and bear arms. This was to insure that all Americans would be familiar with and be able to use firearms in the defense of their homes and country. Has absolutely nothing to do with state militias, National Guard or Reserves. They get weapons from the government.

Answer 7

In defense of the nation, or in defense of your property. It was put in because at the time that the Bill of rights was drafted, the US did not have a standing army, the only thing we did have was a small Navy. The defense of the nation was on the shoulders of the state militias(now the National Guards)That said, If the U.S. is ever invaded, all the people who own guns should be required to help, in defense.

Answer 8

Read the Federalist Papers and you'll soon realize that the right to bear arms is for the individual citizen. Most colonies required that male citizens be armed and part of the militia. The second amendment specifically say, "...people".

Answer 9

What's to interpret?

"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".

Pretty straight forward.

Those who claim that this represents an outdated concept, or is no longer valid, fail to understand that the US Constitution, and it's Bill of Rights, was written to deal with human nature.

Human nature never changes.

Answer 10

Buy as big a cannon as you can squeeze through the front door if it makes you warm and fuzzy, I don't care.

Most people couldn't hit the proverbial bull in the azz with a hand full of rice, and would be even less capable in a crunch situation, but don't let that stop you from getting a gat.

Whatever gets you off. Pursuit of happiness and all that.