How well do you know the 2nd Amendment??

By: buzzbolt
Published On: 3/29/2007 2:41:13 PM

Adopted in 1793, the first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution are attributed to James Monroe of Virginia and commonly called "The Bill of Rights".

Amendment II gives absolute and unlimited permission to any citizen to own any kind of arms.

Amendment II was ratified unanimously by all the original states.

Amendment II was necessary because the majority of the then population of the United States hunted wild game for their subsistence.

Amendment II should technically be called Article II to the original Article V.

Amendment II is routinely used successfully by the NRA and other arms advocates in court battles over arms control.

Read on:
Many road apples are embedded in the text above.  If you know your Article II cold, you will find them...

Comments



Wait a minute there Buzz! (Bubby - 4/1/2007 12:38:06 PM)
The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution has nothing to do with hunting. Nothing.


Okay, I'll bite (Catzmaw - 4/1/2007 1:48:58 PM)
Given that the entire amendment begins with "a well-regulated militia", one could argue that it's inferred that there will be some limitation and regulation of the right, not to mention that no right under the Constitution has ever been held absolute or unlimited. 


First, you have to define "road apples"! (buzzbolt - 4/1/2007 6:08:30 PM)


Slang for horse dung? (Lowell - 4/1/2007 6:22:25 PM)
n/t


Right!! (buzzbolt - 4/1/2007 6:29:43 PM)
Every point is inaccurate, misleading, or just plain false.


"Road Apples" (Lowell - 4/1/2007 6:31:48 PM)
1. Attributed to James Madison.

2. Definitely not "absolute and unlimited permission" based on court rulings over many, many years now. 

3. Actually, I believe that several states - New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island - rejected the second amendment.  As a matter of fact, three of the original thirteen States- Connecticut, Georgia, and Massachusetts - did not "ratify" the first ten amendments until 1939...

4. That definitely can't be true; I'm sure most Americans at that time did not live off of what they hunted.

5. Got me on this one.

6. Definitely not "routinely used successfully," given that most gun laws - waiting periods, "assault weapons bans," guns on airplanes, child safety locks, licensing of firearms dealers, etc., etc. - have not been struck down as unconstitutional.  See here for a more complete list.