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The 2nd Amendment: Individual, not Collective Rights
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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... "For the individual rights view of the Second Amendment, the question is easy to answer, but for the states’ rights interpretation 'must mean–if it is to mean anything at all—-that a federal action that invades a state’s protected interests can be challenged in court, and that it can be struck down where it is not justified by highly compelling circumstances,' they write. 'This, of course, leaves open two important questions. ...'"
"What makes the states’ rights idea of the Second Amendment difficult to implement, they write, is that too often its defenders have failed to provide a logically and constitutionally consistent defense of their interpretation." ... |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/31/2015)
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I see a fatal flaw immediately coming out of the gate.
The question posed is, to whom does the Second Amendment "grant" rights - states or individuals?
What is wrong with that picture? |
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