Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun Violence Is a Full-Blown National Crisis [View all]TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Is the ultimate arbiter on the Constitution. I also understand that when interpreting the meaning of the Constitution that courts look to prior rulings, although the Georgia Supreme Court ruling is in no way binding.
The first half of the amendment is prefatory. It in no way limits the operative clause that prohibits "infringement" on the right to keep and bear arms. And (we may have had this discussion before) the "people" in the 2d Amendment is the same "people" referenced in the 1st and 4th, which undoubtedly protect individual rights. Why would the 2d be any different? Do you think that Madison, et al. would use "people" in the 1st, 2d and 4th Amendments but in the 2d only the "people" really means the "militia"? The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed is pretty clear to me.