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
Who’s militia? Be care with though words…They come back and bite you in the ass.
Another Activist Judge wanting to change the meaning of the Constitution!,so they can do what they want with our freedoms! Who made them gods over our Constitution!! Time for a new Amendment or article declaring emphatically,that we have the right to bear arms!! But with these Socialist/Communists, that probably wouldn’t make any difference either!
senile old man….everyone well join the militia…looking to start a revolution “former” justice?
THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN HAS BEEN JUST FINE FOR A LOT OF YEARS. IF THIS IS YOUR ONLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARGUMENT, BEST YOU PACK IT IN AND GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
I say do what we did in the war department tell them to fight their own damn wars!!!
It’s called… Leave it the Fk alone!!!
Crazy old man….
The Constitution is pretty clear without my purview It’s idiots like you who need to wake up!!
Have him work with Chief Inspector Clueseau as a partner and have the Senior Inspector Dryfuss deal with the two.
Ok grandpa here are your pills , it`s good that you wrote a book now eat your applesauce and then you can take your nap before basket weaving class !!!!