Much of the debate over gun rights involve the interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. I propose that we re-write the thing for clarity. If you can, try to defend your new “2nd Amendment v.2.0”
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“In order that people may at all times be able to employ lethal force to defend themselves, shoot deer and other small woodland creatures, and exact bloody revenge upon those who irritate them, the right to bear semi-automatic fire-arms shall be upheld.”
I think this would clear up quite a few misunderstandings…
“Each citizens over the age of 18 years shall have the right to possess up to two (2) deadly weapons, for use in self-defense, for target shooting, for sport hunting, an attempt to overthrow the government, or in case the British Red Coats come back. The Federal government may require each citizen to register each such weapon with a governmental agency to be selected by Congress and to pay a one time registration fee per weapon, with the amount of such fee to be determined by Congress and adjusted annually for inflation, and the proceeds of such fee to me, Al Franken.”
To fecure the Liberty of the People and to protect faid Liberty from threatf internal and external, whether arifinf from the State itfelf or from another citizen or from outfide the State, no citizen not having been juftly convicted of an offenfe of violence fhall be prevented, prohibited or reftrained from owning or carrying perfonal firearms. The Several Statef fhall duly record each firearm and each firearmf owner in a manner of itf choofing.
Sorry, couldn’t refift the old-fafhoned lower cafe “effef.”
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Now now, manhattan, even back when the “s”'s in the middle of a word looked like “f”'s, the “s” on the END of a word was still written like a modern “s”.
Here is how I would reword the 2nd amendment:
“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, dammit.”
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is on April 15th. Do you have what it takes?
I think it should be changed to the marvel of clarity that Jefferson proposed to be part of the Virginia Constitution:
No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
“Neither the federal government nor the states themselves shall not make any law, levy any tax, nor use any manner of coercion whatever to that would infringe on the right of any person who is eligible to vote to own, manufacture, purchase, sell, or lawfully use any manner of firearm anywhere within the United States at any time or for any reason whatever unless as a part of a punishment for a violent felony that that person has been convicted of. The states shall have the power to require registration of firearms and owners, as well to require fees and education of any owner that do not serve as a barrier to ownership.”
I suppose that does leave some small loophole somewhere, but you get the point.
“The right of law-abiding adults to keep and bear arms in a safe, responsible manner shall nor be infringed.”
Clears up any confusion, and still leaves room for reasonable measures to try to reduce gun crimes and accidents.
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Section 1: Every adult of the age of 18 to the age of 45 shall be considered a member of the militia of the state in which he or she resides. As such he or she shall be compelled to purchase and maintain such weapons as necessary to exercise that responsibility, and compelled to maintain proficiency in the use of those weapons.
Section 2: The members of the militia when on active duty, and at all times regarding the care and use of their weapons, shall be under the command of the Governor of the state in which they reside or the President of the United States when when called into the actual service of the United States.
Section 3: No person may be a member of the militia who has committed a felony or has at any time been judged mentally incompetent. Persons with a religious objection to serving in the militia shall be exused without penalty.
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SingleDad, might I propose an addendum?
Section 4: The state militia shall be independant of all other militias. The Governor, or selected representatives of the Governor, shall be the Supreme Commander of this Militia.
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Slythe: I like keeping the President’s power to call the militia to the service of the United States; It preserves the body of the Constitution (Article II, Section 2). It also keeps the philosophical concept that our primary loyalty is still to the United States and only secondarily to our individual state.
If Cecil Adams did not exist, we would be obliged to create Him.
Just trying to pander to all those who think that the President is part of some evil “One World Government Conspiracy” 
Eagles may soar free and proud, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Just FYI, SingleDad, Section 2 of the Military Law of New York State provides:
For mor information, and to see what the responsibilities of the unorganized militia are, see http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/cgi-bin/claws?law=63&art=2 . (Basically, they can be drafted by the governor in times of emergency).
Billdo, that’s good research, but since we are trying to re-write the 2nd Amendment for all the states, a single state’s interpretation would just confuse the issue, IMHO.
Hear, Hear!!! I second.
Joe Cool
Would you go by his definition of “Freeman”?
Second Amendment v2.0
“Okay, you can buy a gun. You can even buy a lot of guns. But if you shoot somebody, then the US government gives their spirit the right to haunt you for the rest of eternity. In fact, all of the Founding Fathers will haunt you. And not only haunting. Oh, no. They will put shaving cream inside your shoes. They will rearrange your CD’s so you can’t find Barry White when you’re entertaining members of the opposite sex. They will smear peanut butter on your computer monitor. And all this is sanctioned by the US Government. Ha.”
*“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller
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I believe that hiding the Barry White has already been covered by the Supreme Court.
It’s Cruel and Unusual.