farglebargle
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Well, maybe you should tell that to the Supreme Court because they don't think so... That the same Supreme Court which handed down Dredd Scott? Not exactly the best place to look for help, is it? But it is where our founders placed the power of interpreting it. Everyone has a different interpretation of the Constitution. If you want to take the constitution literally...then any form of gun control is unconstitutional. Because if you take the 2nd amendment literally, everyone has a right to own a gun...even the criminals. It says the people have a right to bear arms. It says nothing about criminals being an exception. Yeah, that's because it's What It Says In Simple, Plain English. quote:
Yet others view the 2nd amendment as a form of state rights to form a militia and that the people don't really have a right to own a gun. They are illiterate. quote:
(By the way...im just using the 2nd amendment as an example and I'm not trying to start a debate on gun control....) So you see the interpretations can be varied quite a lot. Yeah, there's the RIGHT ONE, based on the clear text, and there's the one which *some* people would LIKE you to believe, because they have their own agenda. See, the beauty of it, and what people forget, is how the 9th and 10th Amendment make the muteness of the Constitution on some topics totally irrelevant. So what if the Constitution doesn't say X, Y, and Z. THE STATE can still do whatever THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION permits it, and as aways, The People *ARE* the Sovereign from whom *ALL* authority is delegated, and can just do away with the Constitution of either State or Federation, and start anew. ( And THAT is what we celebrate every Fourth of July, Campers... )
< Message edited by farglebargle -- 6/22/2007 6:20:53 PM >
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