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
“Justice Stevens”. Such a misnomer!
lets leave it the way it was wrote shall we
screw him
I have news for the FORMER justice…. the citizenry IS the militia!
Let him start his own country…….$#%&!@* him!!!!
What an Idiot!, here is one scenario; you are called to join a militia, you go to meeting with no arms because your not allow to owe any by Law and neither is anybody else, so your opposition got you by the ba##% ! The point is to have at home and ready at moment notice, no one is going to hand them out when the sh#% hits the fan! People wake up! The 2nd Amendment should never be changed!
Correct , whats to correct ? The second amendment protects Americans from idiots in our government
Some people just want to change everything. Justice’s are a political? Right!
No. Hell no!! They do this and we the citizens are screwed.
The judges today are communists and are there to rule for those laws that are clearly unconstitutional!!