RE: Second Amendment

Concord NH

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You are wrong. The Second Amendment DOES NOT protect the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense The New Hampshire Constitution guarantees the right of people to possess arms for use in self defense (per Article Two of the Declaration of Rights). Many other state constitutions do as well. The US Second Amendment does not. It states "...the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". Says nothing about "use", only about "bear" and "keep". Hence, there is absolutely no federal right to use arms in any way whatsoever, except as perhaps what might be implicitly arrogated by the ninth amendment. However, apparently, the Court feels the 9th amendment means nothing, especially if you are a woman who wants an abortion. New Hampshire should ban tattoos and the trimming of beards, and wait for a constitutional challenge. It would be interesting how the Court might rule. Incidentally, there is also no constitutional right (state or federal) to parade with arms. Illinois has a law against parading with firearms which has been ruled by Scotus (1886 - Presser v IL) to be constitutional. As far as what Scotus says about the purpose of the second amendment, the Court has a history of being wrong. They were wrong in 1896 with Plessy v Ferguson, wrong in 1973 with Roe v Wade, and wrong in 1857 with Dred Scot. _________ Perhaps you're reading some liberal revised history of Heller. But the court ruled that the individuals' right to keep and bear arms was not connected to service with the militia. The McDonald v. Chicago case the court actually said, "the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense" (id. at ___, 130 S. Ct. at 3026); that "individual self-defense is 'the central component' of the Second Amendment right."