#2 The Second Amendment

Without over analysing this issue, I should first say that I enter into this topic as a regular guy without the vast law education as some, or most, of our popular political leaders and giants.  That said, the 2nd Amendment is the safeguard inserted by the founding fathers of this nation to be the last bastion against a tyrannical and rogue government.

As a regular guy, I share a lot in common with a high majority of the citizens of these United States.  And when we all read the Bill of Rights, namely, the 2nd Amendment, we understand some very simple stuff.  First, we have the right to keep guns and ammo in our homes, our cars and other various storage places within our reach and control.  This is an open ended topic for us which means we believe the 2nd Amendment does not define the type or amount of arms we can keep.

Second, we believe that we can carry weapons and ammo on our person, concealed or otherwise.  We do not believe that these arms are limited to firearms as the text does not imply one or the other.  It just says "arms".

Thirdly, we believe in our right to form organized militias.  These militias, we believe, would have structure not unlike a formal military system with some exceptions.  The militias would be formed to protect our localities and be available just in case our government needs some extra help in the defence of our nation again hostile enemies.  Otherwise, the militias are groups made up of common people not employed by the federal or state governments.

Finally, we believe that these rights are recognized by the 2nd Amendment, not given.  We believe that these rights shall not be infringed upon, but we are able to make free use of these rights as we deem fit.

All of that said and done, we also believe that the 2nd Amendment has already been infringed upon, in one way or another, by our federal, state, and local governments.  Concealed Carry laws are an infringement.  Right to Carry laws are also an infringement as we need no other law than the 2nd Amendment to cover us.  While hunting regulations are needed as a form of conservation of our beautiful resources and wildlife, telling us what we can carry while we are hunting is a terrible infringement and shows the ignorance of our law makers in areas of self defence and the extreme dangers face by hunters every season.

I can add more, but this servers as a good primer to what average Americans think.  Laws have been made that expect to control the 2nd Amendment, however, what is on paper is there as a recognition of rights, not a formulation of rights.  So, laws written to subjugate the Bill of Rights are written in vane as the Bill of Rights is not law but recognition of natural, universal, human rights that all people share and the our Constitution recognizes.

A little update to what regular people really think: