P95Carry
Moderator Emeritus
From NRA-ILA site update ......... the link goes to a load of page options ... takes a while to go thru. Looks good at a cursory read.
Of course this debate has been ongoing (and will be) probably ad infinitum!!
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http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
Second Amendment Secures Individual Right
A recent memorandum opinion for the U.S. Attorney General states: "For the
foregoing reasons, we conclude that the Second Amendment secures an
individual right to keep and to bear arms. [O]ur examination of the
original meaning of the Amendment provides extensive reasons to conclude
that the Second Amendment secures an individual right, and no persuasive
basis for either the collective-right or quasi-collective-right views.
[T]he broader history of the Anglo-American right of individuals to have
and use arms, from England`s Revolution of 1688-1689 to the ratification
of the Second Amendment a hundred years later, leads to the same
conclusion. Finally, the first hundred years of interpretations of the
Amendment, and especially the commentaries and case law in the pre-Civil
War period closest to the Amendment`s ratification, confirm what the text
and history of the Second Amendment require."
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
Of course this debate has been ongoing (and will be) probably ad infinitum!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
Second Amendment Secures Individual Right
A recent memorandum opinion for the U.S. Attorney General states: "For the
foregoing reasons, we conclude that the Second Amendment secures an
individual right to keep and to bear arms. [O]ur examination of the
original meaning of the Amendment provides extensive reasons to conclude
that the Second Amendment secures an individual right, and no persuasive
basis for either the collective-right or quasi-collective-right views.
[T]he broader history of the Anglo-American right of individuals to have
and use arms, from England`s Revolution of 1688-1689 to the ratification
of the Second Amendment a hundred years later, leads to the same
conclusion. Finally, the first hundred years of interpretations of the
Amendment, and especially the commentaries and case law in the pre-Civil
War period closest to the Amendment`s ratification, confirm what the text
and history of the Second Amendment require."
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm