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
LEAVE THE 2ND AMENDMENT ALONE. THE FOUNDERS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY DID ALL THEIR WORK ASKING GOD FOR DIRECTION. PEOPLE TODAY CLAIM THEY DO NOT NEED GOD. PLEASE GOD, HELP THEM TO SEE, HEAR AND FEEL YOUR LOVE.
Just leave it worded as it has been since its inception.
glad the piece of $#%&!@* does not sit on the bench any longer…. he is a senile old man.and should stay the hell away from our rights as any other lawmakers that the founding fathers wrote…….
leave well enough alone if they change one thing about the constitution they will want to re-write it all to suit their needs
you old fool, shut up and sit down
NO — Whether serving in a Militia or NOT / We the people have the Right to bear arms in defense of our homes, businesses, property & Families!!!
Another Justice that is past his time.
Traitor
Dumb-ass old fool
The BILL OF RIGHTS were written by European family descendants who were born here from parents whose families had fled the KINGS & LORDS of Europe!
THEY, better than any person living today, understood the necessity of the BILL OF RIGHTS being written as they originally were drafted & signed!