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That wasn't your argument, but if you distill it down that far, of course I agree.chris61182 said:the Constitution contained the phrase I've been harping about and THAT was the law. It is/was real, not make believe, not some crazies' fiction, and no one is in any way arguing to go back to it today.
Absolutely, using it, by definition requires interpretation. That's how they gave themselves additional powers, but that doesn't diminish the existence of the original powers granted to them either.Just as you must certainly agree that it would have still been subject to the interpretation of courts...
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2. Alito (in the majority opinion) only mentioned "handgun in the home" for self-defense, instead of "armed anywhere a citizen has a legal right to be". A huge difference.
"bear arms" appears 195 times in a search of the opinion.
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Examples
P. 1
Two years ago, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554
U. S. ___ (2008), we held that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, and we struck down a District of Columbia law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.
P. 31
In sum, it is clear that the Framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty.
P.33
Municipal respondents' remaining arguments are at war with our central holding in Heller: that the Second Amendment protects a personal right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, most notably for self-defense within the home.
"I hereby declare that this office will no longer accept law enforcement referrals for violations of the following statutes:
Section 167.31, prohibiting uncased or loaded firearms in vehicles;
Section 941.23, prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, including firearms;
Section 941.235, prohibiting the possession of firearms in public buildings;
Section 941.237, prohibiting the possession of firearms in establishments where alcohol may be sold or served; and,
Section 941.24, prohibiting the possession of knives that open with a button, or by gravity, or thrust, or movement."