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 is just another try by communists try do suppress the people.
Justice Stevens, I am stunned that you as an Attorney can be so ignorant of the formation, history and early writings on the Second Amendment. It does not mean what you say it does and your book simply shows how stunningly ignorant you are about American History.We are keeping our guns, and if you wish to take them, it will be a sad day for all of us! Mark my word.
Stevens’ is a Leftwing anti-gun retired blabbering Judge who needs to spend his remaining time studying the progressing effects of Dementia. The old coot now thinks he’s one of our Founding Fathers. Leave the Second Amendment alone it’s written that way for a reason!!!!
Da, Comrade Stevenski!
Has he learned nothing from recent history? Over 14 million ppl were slaughtered in Europe during the reign of Stalin & Hitler. If only those ppl had a way to protect themselves & their families.
Senile and liberal, anything to water down the rights of citizens. For his incompetent mind remind him that we the people citizens are the militia by right of the constitution.
This is why we need age limits in Government.
BUT ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE THE MILITIA.
How bout shooting the dumbass
another complete $#%&!@* in office