Exactly what I was thinking as I was reading. The Constitution does not give rights. It only acknowledges them. What part of “shall not be infringed” do they not understand?
That takes an ‘elite’ (Leftist) “education” to un-understand.
Course, the ‘great’ Scalia wasn’t so great, decreeing that “no Right is absolute” vs. Heller as well.
“What part of “shall not be infringed” do they not understand?”
People like these power-hungry Communists are EXACTLY the reason why the Founders put the 2nd Amendment into the Constitution - knowing that people like them would eventually come to power and attempt to impose a tyranny (under the guise of “we only want to help you, and we know better”). The Founders explicitly wanted We The People to have the means in our hands with which to fight any domestic tyranny imposed by the government that they had just created.
Here’s an interesting question for these Communists, and any others, interested in making the 2nd Amendment a dead letter: “Please explain to me how the Article 1, Section 8 power of Congress to issue “Letters of Marque and Reprisal” could possibly mean anything if ordinary citizens didn’t possess weapons capable of taking on enemy military forces during wartime? As a follow-up, please explain why it is that you wish to continue to limit, and even further infringe upon, the right of the People to keep and bear arms that is the key part of the 2nd Amendment, and how that squares with Congress’ power to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal.” Guaranteed that the response will either be completely off topic, or something like “well, that isn’t relevant in the 21st Century” or “hamina, hamina, hamina.”
PHUCK these people - Communists like them murdered my great grandfather in Russia for the “crime” of renting out room in his home to put food on the table, enslaved 1/3 of the world’s population, and generally made the entire 20th Century a misery for billions. Molon Labe, bitchez!