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
Isn’t time Stevens was euthanized?
Then everyone would serve in a militia and that may bode even worse for the government.
sure with any other thing they want to change, they are excluded from it
Damn glad he’s a former justice–he has no knowledge of the Constitution– plus he can’t read –btw it takes a vote by the AMERICAN people to change ,ammend,revoke,or inact a Constitutional Amendment.
Leave it the way it is. By changing it, you would have to be in the militia to have the right & less guns to keep these people in line. Good try.
forget it…we will keep our guns, , Thank you…this weekend should show you what our government is about…CONTROL…CONTROL….AND TAKE WHAT THEY WANT…
He was one of the poorest Justices. He Made very few good decisions.
After watching our militia in Nevada I say the Second Amendment speaks for itself!!!
2nd amendment always this judge can go live in another country
FU Stevens!!!!