The text of the amendment is very plain.
"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
The amount of gaslighting people on the left use in regards to the Second Amendment is amazing.
Keep doesn't mean own. The people means the states.
"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
The amount of gaslighting people on the left use in regards to the Second Amendment is amazing.
Keep doesn't mean own. The people means the states.
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1415047103194222594
This all strikes me as incredibly lazy more than anything else. It's intended to get claps from those who already uncritically agree with you. It's certainly not going to persuade anyone else.
As with the other plainly worded amendments in the Bill of Rights, determining how they apply in a myriad of different circumstances is necessary. But this shortcut of just saying the words don't mean what they plainly mean and are really devoid of all value is dumb.
Saying "keep" isn't synonymous with "own" is a real argument that people really make. It's completely absurd but they don't like gun owners so they just don't care how ridiculous their arguments sound as long as it gets to the right outcome.
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