Who needs the 2nd Amendment before you can own a Firearm?? Your thoughts..?

Question

What makes you believe you need the 2nd Amendment before you can own and possess a Firearm.. Who is going to prevent you owning one or more..

Answer 1

The right to be armed is a human right.

The Second Amendment to the US Constitution does not GRANT this right. It assumes that this right is pre-existing, independent of any code of laws.

While you do not need any legal permission or legal protection to exercise your moral right to keep and bear arms, the Second Amendment helps to ensure that the US Government does not persecute you for doing so.

Answer 2

The Constitution is a guideline for the the populace, having said that understand that it gives states rights as well. I lived in Ill, and was stationed at Scott Air Force Base, I was required to have a FOID (Firearms Owners Identification) one person in here didn't like this idea and thought that the FEDERAL LAW should apply across the board. Be careful what you ask for you just might get it. Don't most of you think that the Federal Government has gone far enough usurping your states rights? The second amendment doesn't give you permission to own a weapon it gives you the right to own. I and a lot of other men just like me spent 20 years in the military to back up that right.

addendum April 27; I read where one person thought that we shouold be able to own fully automatic weapons with out some kind of control. On the surface this would seem reasonable but if you were to check it out you would find that the mafia was shooting folks in the streets with them, and they killed alot more than just other mobsters. You can however own one if you really wnat one just pay for the federal license for it, I am not sure of the fee as I have no desire to own one, but I believe it is about $200.00 and a real clean back ground check. As far as the other comment about us not being armed as a people. This isn't a good or even fair question, almost every gun owner that you know has a 22 cal. and a mini mag. works real well in it, I think that we the people have more arms that our government. I don't recommend that you use a 22 cal. for much other than plinking, but remember that it is 38 gr. bullet and a M-16 is a 50 to 60 gr. 22 cal projectile. The military used and still uses a 30-06 with about a 150 gr. bullet (conjecture) The reason for reducing the size of a bullet is to wound a person and not kill him. Your little 22 cal. will do that job nicely

Answer 3

"I hope, therefore, a bill of rights will be formed to guard the people against the Federal government as they are already guarded against their State governments, in most instances."
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788. ME 7:98

"(The Constitution preserves) the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
James Madison, The Federalist Number 46

"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense."
John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Thomas Jefferson, in letter to William S. Smith, 1787

Answer 4

Bound's hubby here:

Your question is moot.

Look at other countries, especially the civilized nations such as Great Britain and Australia ... no Second Amendment-type laws and no gun ownership!

As long as there is a political elite that grants themselves the right to dictate when you have the appropriate need to possess something, those that have the "need" will never have what they want!

Trust no politician!

Good luck!

Answer 5

To buy a firearm legally, at least in Illinois, you have to have a FOID card. As for handguns, you have to go through a 7-day waiting period before you can buy the gun you want. I hate the stupid legislaiton in Illinois. They all want to ban one of the few things that we still have in our lives. We should be free and able to own any type of gun we want, be it shotgun or full-auto. As for Mayor Daley of Chicago, screw him, he's just another Democrat jumping on the bandwagon trying to get some attention. The Supreme Court should revise the Constitution and have its laws apply to the entire United States, not give the individual states the power do decide for their own. Hopefully i can move to Tenessee or Kentucky someday where i can carry a gun on me at all times.




"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." Amen to that.

Answer 6

when the second amendment was written they did not limit the weapons. you could have the same firearms as the people you may have to fight against .that is why now in this day and age we should have the right to full automatic weapons. if it ever does come down to having to fight we the people are under armed.

Answer 7

It probably would be impossible to expect all citizens to
surrender all firearms so the next step might be to eliminate selected ammunition stock of manufactured items (i.e,
caps & cartridges), seek legal access to see records of commercial ammunition providers to discover delivery address attending select ammunition of interest (Russian
assault rifle, for example], and ruining the retail trade value
of same weapons for investment purposes). After 20 or 30
years pre-ban ammunition stocks would be low, hard to renew, and lessen value of related weapon ownership.
The ideal weapon of choice is one where ammunition is
easily obtained or made. Few citizens have their industrial facilities to manufacture cartridges of centerfire and rimfire.
That sort of industry is easier to find and regulate.

Answer 8

The Bill of Rights were meant as a check against the national government to guarantee the populace's freedoms.

Answer 9

I don't understand how people can say that it's a human right to be able to own a gun. Why we have to be so bent on perpetuating violence is beyond me. A gun is not a peaceful weapon and never will be a peaceful weapon so to say we have a human right to own a gun is to say that we have a human right to hate and enact violence on our fellow humans.

Answer 10

The answer is the people who pass laws to gradually make it too odious to own one.