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
Ain’t gonna happen senile has been. Go away!
Oh you mean so we have to register as militia members so we can have our guns… Who do we register to… Oh the govt… I don’t think so $#%&!@*.
John Paul Stevens the 2nd Amendment has been just fine for over 200 years. There is no reason to change it at all. Just because some uniformed people who dislike guns want to destroy the constitution to get their way.
Another dumb ass $#%&!@*ing liberal!’
i dis agree i do not want to be taken off to the ovens like the Jews were we are out gunned as it is
Just because he was a justice on the bench, does not endow him with special status. He’s still wrong.
Ridiculous
Our Founding Fathers Worded the 2nd Amendment, EXACTLY as they Intended, For This Very Reason!! They Realized the Fact, that,’ Power,’ Corrupts’!!
Another moron preaching the dark side…. Yeah johnny, we hear you. Just trust the gov, they’ll protect us. Well we know that ain’t so…
Not even close Bub… the Militia is called to perform as Citizen Soldiers and the right to bear those arms comes prior to being called to that Militia. That is why it says “the right of THE PEOPLE to bear arms”.