To: mnehrling; dcwusmc; wideawake
..and what is the Congress? A Representative voice of the people.. it loops right back on Article 1- All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...I do believe this is the first time I've heard the argument made that when the Constitution says "the people" it really means the Congress.
Does that mean the proper reading of the Second Amendment should be that Congress has the right to keep and bear arms?
279 posted on
09/12/2007 11:22:05 AM PDT by
ksen
("For an omniscient and omnipotent God, there are no Plan B's" - Frumanchu)
To: ksen
282 posted on
09/12/2007 11:23:35 AM PDT by
mnehring
(What does the Ron Paul Rorschach test say about you?)
To: ksen; mnehrling
Does that mean the proper reading of the Second Amendment should be that Congress has the right to keep and bear arms? The individual members of Congress certainly have that right - but you are pulling a bait-and-switch from the people's powers (embodied in Congress) and the people's rights (retained by them individually).
286 posted on
09/12/2007 11:29:38 AM PDT by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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