“Shall not be infringed” means “Shall not be infringed”
That’s often said. But what is it that “shall not be infringed”? The answer of course is “The right of the people to keep and bear arms”. So, what is “The right of the people to keep and bear arms”? What does it cover? How far does it go?
One has the right to keep and bear arms on or in one’s own property, but what about on or in another’s property? At least some say that an owner’s property rights supercede the rights of another on that property and that someone armed against the owner’s dictate can be charged with trespassing if they don’t leave at the owner’s request. Would a law specifically against trespassing while armed be an infringement?
Would a law specifically against keeping and bearing a stolen firearm be an infringement when the property in question is a firearm the possessor has stolen?
Would a law against parents allowing a four year old child to routinely carry a loaded firearm be an infringement of the child’s right to keep and bear arms?
I think your right to keep and bear arms does not cover you trying to use said arms to murder me and I will take them from your warm dead hands.
What is “The right of the people to keep and bear arms”? What does it cover? How far does it go?
We need to have answers to those questions because the other side will claim their proposals are not infringements because what they propose to limit is not covered by “the right of the people to keep and bear arms”.
(Written in haste.)
Property rights issue, not 2A
Would a law specifically against keeping and bearing a stolen firearm be an infringement when the property in question is a firearm the possessor has stolen?
Property theft issue, not 2A
Would a law against parents allowing a four year old child to routinely carry a loaded firearm be an infringement of the child’s right to keep and bear arms?
Reckless endangerment, minors don't have rights, not 2A
I think your right to keep and bear arms does not cover you trying to use said arms to murder me and I will take them from your warm dead hands.
Homicide/assault issue, not 2A
(Written in haste.)
Obviously, before you even thought it through.