Jeff Young
GT40s Supporter
A couple of clarifications here (upfront -- I am an attorney, and have litigated several constitutional cases, mostly First and 14th Amendment).
The idea that the enumerated rights in the Constitution are somehow "unlimited" is incorrect. THey are always subject to reasonable amounts of regulation. Free speech? Sure, except if your speech is "fighting words" or, like yelling "fire" in a theater, likely to cause harm to others. Freedom of religion? Sure, but you can't use that as a shield to deny your kid necessary medical treatment.
Right to keep and bear arms? Sure, but the state has the right to engage in reasonable regulation of that right. Even inthe most recent DC case, the majority recognized that, for example, the state could completely prohibit the mentally ill and children from owning guns.
Second point. Yes, the Second Amendment could be changed and rewritten via the amendment process. Conceivably, if 2/3 of the states agreed and ratified it, we could pass an amendment that said: "No person spending more than 1 hour a day typing posts on the internet can keep and bear arms."
Just some clarifications.
The idea that the enumerated rights in the Constitution are somehow "unlimited" is incorrect. THey are always subject to reasonable amounts of regulation. Free speech? Sure, except if your speech is "fighting words" or, like yelling "fire" in a theater, likely to cause harm to others. Freedom of religion? Sure, but you can't use that as a shield to deny your kid necessary medical treatment.
Right to keep and bear arms? Sure, but the state has the right to engage in reasonable regulation of that right. Even inthe most recent DC case, the majority recognized that, for example, the state could completely prohibit the mentally ill and children from owning guns.
Second point. Yes, the Second Amendment could be changed and rewritten via the amendment process. Conceivably, if 2/3 of the states agreed and ratified it, we could pass an amendment that said: "No person spending more than 1 hour a day typing posts on the internet can keep and bear arms."
Just some clarifications.
Rights in the Constitution, unless you are requesting a rewrite, are inalienable. You might want to look that up. It means that they can NOT be taken away. Even if every single citizen, except you, wants to eliminate it..they can't. But that goes for the other Rights as well. Including freedom of speach. Which is kept that way with the other rights in coordination with each other. I have no King and will not bow down to one.