Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is releasing a new book in which he argues that the phrase “when serving in the militia” should be added to the Second Amendment.
The book is titled, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution”
The Second Amendment reads as follows: 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.
With Stevens’ proposed change: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms [when serving in the Militia] shall not be infringed.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is set to release a new book in which he argues that the phrase “when serving in the militia” should be added to the Second Amendment.
The book is titled, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution,” and the change Stevens has in mind for the Second Amendment would alter the language so as to render it a protection of a collective right instead of an individual one.
Moreover, it would be a right that the government–at all levels–could regulate without hesitation.
Currently, the Second Amendment reads:
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.
Stevens’ contends that this was intended as a collective right only and that it was “limited in scope to the uses of arms related to military activity.”
According to The Washington Post, Stevens claims this was changed via the Supreme Court’s District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) decision. He says this decision suddenly introduced protections for “a civilian’s right to keep a handgun in his home for purposes of self-defense.”
Stevens says the McDonald v. Chicago (2010) decision furthered these changes by using “the due process clause of the 14th Amendment” to limit the ability of cities to ban the possession of handguns.
He says this can all be remedied by adding five words to the Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms [when serving in the Militia] shall not be infringed
Then Explain this idiot
http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/52/army-clause
The only thing needing correcting is your brain Stevens.
Well maybe if you had been one of the men writing the Constitution you could have given that input ? But happily you were not so please just go back to the old folks home and eat your applesauce !!!
This former justice Stevens seems to want to rewrite our 2nd Amendment, and/or maybe like obama, ignore the amendment totally.
His book will not sell well at all. He might be able to sell it to the Marxist Communist Democrats, if at all.
We The People will not stand for any Rewriting of Our 2nd Amendment…. Period. We will “Protect and Defend the Constitution against any Enemy both Domestic and Foreign.”
Probably senile.
definately senile
PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
That is NOT going to work.
guess he doesn’t believe in the Bill of Rights or the constitution…..where do they get these people..??????????
hope no one buys his book
We are serving in the Militia every day.
we need to mbe protected from him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!