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
This COUNTRY has always been this way and their is no reason to change it!!! Unless you TRAITORS in office are trying to take total control over the AMERICAN PEOPLE!!! STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS and participate in OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING. Show this Government we aren’t going to put up with the way they are treating the AMERICAN PEOPLE be in Washington D.C. on May 16th 2014 to stand up for AMERICA!!!!!
FU you piece of commie c**p!
Justice Stevens, let’s say a hoard of people are invading Arizona. Law enforcement can’t handle the tide. So the Arizona Governor calls out the AZ guard. But, the US president wants these people to come into the US so he calls the AZ guard into federal service and sends them overseas. Now what does the AZ Governor do? Why he calls out the militia. Who is that you wonder? They were sent overseas. No, the Militia is you and me. Every able body man. They bring their weapons the Governor provides the Officers to command the Militia.
There are other reasons for the 2nd Amendment but you would not under stand
And No, I did not support your false claim by my example
You old bastard, stay in retirement and out of Americans lives
This old fart needs to croak ASAP.
Burn one of his opinion’s where he can see it and he might
And all with this attitude can go straight to hell, Yes you would like that then the government could do anything they wanted to us, JUST REMEMBER “WE THE PEOPLE” NOT YOU THE OLD FART.
hell with him !!!
Go to hell you SOB demo0crat Obama suck ass bastard!!!!! You are supposed to defend the constitution NOT CHANGE IT !!!