The 2nd amendment does not give people the right to bear arms. It reaffirms and protects a right that already existed. The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms or to have arms) is the peoples right to have their own arms for their defense as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others.[1] In countries with an English common law tradition, a long standing common law right to keep and bear arms has long been recognized, as pre-existing in common law, prior even to the existence of written national constitutions.[2] In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is also an enumerated right specifically protected by the U.S. Constitution and many state constitutions[3] such that people have a personal right to own arms for individual use, and a right to bear these same arms both for personal protection and for use in a militia
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:41:38 +0000
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